A book packet may contain. - (1) Newspapers, publications of all kinds, printed music books, paper, parchment andcardboard, either blank or printed, not bearing any writing except as follows:-(a)in the case of books and complimentary (such as, Christmas, New Year, Birthday, ID and Bijova cards), the name of the person to whom sent or presented, the name and address of the sender or owner, date, and not more than five words or initials of a complimentary nature or signifying presentation:(b)in the case of invoices, bills of lading and receipts (for goods or money) on printed forms, the necessary manuscripts entries.(c)in the case of invoices, bills of lading and receipts (for printed notices and printed letters) and printed invitations, the date and hour of the occasions to which they related, the name and address of the addressee, the name of the sender and, in the case of notices of a meeting, the object of the meeting;(d)in the case of printed market reports, quotations for goods and price lists, necessary entries relating to particular of prices,(e)in the case of printed notices for payment of premia posted by Insurance companies, dates name and address of the insurant, "name of the insurance agent, name of the branch office of the company at which the premium is payable, the sum assured under the policy", number of policy, amount and reference, number and letters; and,(f)Proof corrections in proof sheets and music sheets, and corrections of printing errors in other printed maters;(g)omitted(2)pictures, plans, maps and drawings whether done by hand or any mechanical process, photographs and engraving, not bearing any writing except a signature, a date and description not exceeding five words;(3)business, commercial or legal documents drawn wholly or partly by hand, e.g., deeds, account, powers or attorney, proposals for insurance policies;(4)Manuscripts for press and manuscript music, not bearing any written endorsement other than a direction consisting of not more than ten words regarding the disposal or return of the manuscript, and the name and address of the sender;(5)licenses, statistical returns sent by or to officials by their designation only, and Revenue and Judicial processes sent by Courts to Presidents of Union Boards, President of Punchayats and Presidents of Chaukidari Unions and vice versa;Note :- Court summons, notices and similar documents issued by a Criminal or Civil Court, whether sent from the court of issue or returned to its direct, or through the medium of another court, Government office, or railway administration as well as Police diaries cannot be sent at book packet rates.(6)Written letters of old date which have previously passed through the post and served their original purpose;(7)Documents wholly or partly produced in imitation of printing as well as documents reproduced from printed manuscript or typewritten originals by photocopying or any similar process;Provided that:-(i)At least 20 identical copies of such documents are presented for posting at the post office counter;(ii)If such documents are posted in letter boxes, they will be treated as letters;(8)Pupils exercises, in original or with corrections, but without any note which does not relate directly to the execution of the work.(9)Horoscopes in manuscript not bearing any written endorsement(10)Petitions under the Rules and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha or under the Rules of Procedures and conduct of Business in the Council of States for presentation or report to the House of the People (Lok Sabha) or the Council States (Rajya Sabha), as the case may be provided that the cover or wrapper thereof bears a declaration that the petitions are submitted under such rules.Explanation - For the purpose of this rule,-(i)"Printing " means any species or printing easy to recognize or any mechanical process ordinarily used to produce a number of identical copies but does not include typewriting, carbon copies produced by any process, computer printing, photocopying or any similar process;(ii)"Writing" includes.-Typewriting and any mechanical or other process ordinarily used to produce singly document or a small number of documents;(iii)"Imitation of printing" includes computer printing of all kinds, photocopying and any similar process.Vide GSR 7 E dated 3.01.2002Conditions for charging special rates for book packets containing printed books
