Section 1:
Short title, extent, application and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Indian Post
Office Act, 1898.
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2*** and it applies also to all citizens of India outside India.]
(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1898.
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950.
2. The words "except Part B States" omitted by Act 25 of 1950, s. 11 and the Fourth Schedule.