(c) the period for which, and the conditions subject to which, telegrams and other documents
belonging to, or being in the custody of, telegraph officers shall be preserved; and
(d) the fees to be charged for searching for telegrams or other documents in the custody of
any telegraph officer.
(3) When making rules for the conduct of any telegraph established, maintained or worked by any
person licensed under this Act, the 1[Federal Government] may, by the rules, prescribe fines for any
breach of the same:
Provided that the fines so prescribed shall not exceed the following limits, namely: __
(i) when the person licensed under this Act is punishable for the breach, one thousand rupees,
and in the case of a continuing��breach a further fine of two hundred rupees for every day
after the first during the whole or any part of which the breach continues;
(ii) when a servant of the person so licensed, or any other person, is punishable for the
breach, onefourth of the amounts specified in clause (i).
2[7A. Recovery of dues in respect of telegraph, etc. If any person does not pay any sum due
from him under this Act in respect of any telegraph or message, the sum so due may, on application
made by the telegraph authority in this behalf, be recovered from such person, as if it were a fine
imposed under this Act by any Magistrate having jurisdiction where that person may for the time
being be resident; and the telegraph authority may further direct that any message, 3* * * not being
on Pakistan State Service, addressed to that person, shall be withheld from him until the sum so due is
paid or recovered as aforesaid.]
8. Revocation of licenses. The 1[Federal Government] may, at any time, revoke any license
granted under section 4, on the breach of any of the conditions therein contained, or in default of
payment of any consideration payable thereunder.
9. Government not responsible for loss or damage. The 4[Government] shall not be responsible
for any loss or damage which may occur in consequence of any telegraph officer failing in his duty
with respect to the receipt, transmission or delivery of any message; and no such officer shall be res
ponsible for any such loss or damage unless he causes the same negligently, maliciously or
fraudulently.
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1 Subs. by the Telegraph (Amdt) Act, 1975 (67 of 1975), s. 2, for “Central Government” which was subs. by A. O., 1937, for “G. G. in C”.
2 S. 7A ins. by the Telegraph (Amdt.) Act, 1957 (25 of 1957), s. 2.
3 Omitted by Act, 67 of 1975, s. 6.
4 Subs. by A. O., 1961, Art. 2 (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956), for “Crown” which had been subs. by A.O., 1937, for “Secretary of State for India in Council”.
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