The INDIAN POST OFFICE ACT, 1898

CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION OF POSTAL ARTICLES

Section 19A: Transmission by post of tickets, proposals, etc., relating to unauthorised lotteries prohibited.

No person shall send by post,—

(a) any ticket, proposal or advertisement relating to a lottery; or

(b) any other matter descriptive of, or otherwise relating to, a lottery, which is calculated to act as an inducement to persons to participate in that lottery.

Explanation.—In this section “lottery” does not include a lottery organised or authorised by the Government.]