30. Detention of articles containing seditious matter

The Postmaster General or any public officer authorised by him in writing in that behalf may detain any postal article in course of transmission by post which he has reasonable cause to suspect to contain seditious matter.

Such postal article may, with the express authorisation in writing of the Postmaster General, be opened and, if in fact it does contain seditious matter, may be handed over to the police.

In this section, “seditious matter” means words, signs or visible representations having a seditious intention or a seditious tendency as defined in any written law relating to sedition.