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(2)[ It extends to the whole of India ][* * *] [ The words " except Part B States" repealed by Act 25 of 1950, Section 11 and Schedule IV.][and it applies also to all citizens of India outside India.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