 the indian post office (amend- ment) bill, 1956(as introducbd in loe sabra)  the indian post office (amendment) bill, 1956 (as introduced in lok sabha)a bill j/ii< pflfu't:d 'bu tk","b:,j'()w,' fl:e:'~ji:~ lutther to amend the indian post office act, 1898 be it enacted by parliament in the seventh year of the republic of india as follows :-i (1) this act may be called the indian post office (amendment) short title act, 1956, and commencement, 5 (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central govemment 6 of 18\,10 may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint 2 for the first schedule to the indian post office act, 1898, the fo1- s b' , u stltut1l1n lowing schedule shall be substituted, namely :-of a new schedule for "the first schedule ~~hedu~ir:~ act 6 of inland postage rates j898 10  (see section 7) lettersfor a weight not exceeding one tola 13 naye paise for every tola, or fraction thereof, exceeding one 15 tola 6 naye paise  postcards5 naye paise single, 10 naye paise reply  book, paltetn and sample packetsfor the first five tolas or fraction thereof - 6 nay!! paise for every additional two and a half tolas, or fraction thereof, in excess of five tolas 3 naye paise registered newspapers s for a weight not exceeding ten tolas 2 naye paise for a weight exceeding ten tolas and not exceeding twenty tolas 3 naye paise for every twenty tolas, or fraction thereof, exceeding twenty tolas  3 naye paise [0 in the case of more than one copy of the same issue of a registered newspaper being carried in the same packet-for a weight not exceeding ten tolas 3 nqye paise for every additional five tolas, or fraction 15 thereof, in excess of ten tolas 2 naj'e paise provided that such packel shall not be delivered at any addressee's residence but shall be given to a recognised agent at the post office parcels for a weight not exceeding forty tolas 50 1wye paise for every forty tolas, or fraction thereof, exceeding forty tolas 50 naye paise  20 with the amendment of the indian coinage act, 1906 c3 of 1906) by act 31 of 1955, it has become necessary to refix the postage rates in terms of decimal system of coinage the bill accordingly amends the first sche· dule to the indian post offic! act, 1898, so as to fix the postage rates in terms of the naye paise for the different categories of postal articles specified in that schedule in so fixing the rates the principle has been kept in view that there should be an approximate equivalence between the new rates and the existing ratcs new delhi; jagjivan ram the 13th august, 1956       -  the first schedule inland postage rates(s,e section 7) letters for a weight not exceeding one tola two annas for every tola, or fraction thereof, exceeding oac tola  one anna postcards  nine pies one and a half annas boole, pattern and sample paclcels for the first five tolas or fraction thereof one anna for every additional two and a half tolas, or fraction thereof, in excess of five tolas six pies registered nefljspapers for a weight 110t exceeding ten tolas ' three pies for a weight exceeding ten tolas and not exceeding twenty tolas  six pies for every twenty tolas, or fraction thereof, exceeding twenty tolas six: pies, in the case of more than one copy of the same issue of a registered newspaper being carried in the same packet-for a weight not exceeding ten tolas six pies for every additional five tolas, or fraction thereof, in excess of ten tolas   three pies: provided that such packet shall not be delivered at any addressee's residence but shall be given to a recognised agent at the post office parcels for a weight not exceeding forty tolas  eight annas for every forty tolas, or fraction thereof, exceeding forty tolas eight annas gipd-ss-joos m of law-z4-8-s6-j8,50 a bill further to amend the indian post office act, 1898 the president has, in pursuance of clause (i) of article 117 of the constitution of india, recommended to lok sabba the inttoduction of the bill,  pa88" by the lute nab, m n kaul secretarjl (shrijagji'datt ram, minister of communicatiom) 