The Indian Post Office Act

Power to fix rates of inland postage

Power to make rules as to payment of postage and fees in certain cases

Power to make rules as to registered newspapers

Power to declare rates of foreign postage

Liability for payment of postage

Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles

Customs duty paid by the post office to be recoverable as postage

Post Office marks prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted

Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage


POSTAGE


In every proceeding for the
recovery of any postage or other sum alleged to be due under this Act in respect of a postal article,--

(a) the production of the postal article, having thereon the official mark of the Post Office
denoting that the article has been refused, or that the addressee is dead or cannot be found, shall be
prima facie evidence of the fact so denoted, and

(b) the person from whom the postal article purports to have come, shall, until the contrary is
proved, be deemed to be the sender thereof.

LAWGIST

# 14 Post Office marks prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted