28. Registration of postal articles.—The sender of a postal article may, subject to the other
provisions of this Act, have the article registered at the post office at which it is posted, and require a
receipt therefore; and the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that, in
addition to any postage chargeable under this Act, such further fee as may be fixed by the notification
shall be paid on account of the registration of post at articles.
29. Power to make rules as to registration.—(1) The Central Government may make rules as to the
registration of postal articles.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may—
(a) declare in what cases registration shall be required;
(b) prescribe the manner in which the fees for registration shall be paid; and
(c) direct that twice the fee for registration shall be levied on the delivery of a postal article
required to be registered on which the fee for registration has not been prepaid.
(3) postal articles made over to the Post Office for the purpose of being registered, shall be delivered,
when registered, at such times and in such manner as the Director General may, by order, from time to
time appoint.
30. Insurance of postal articles.—The Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette direct—
(a) that any postal article may, subject to the other provisions of this Act, be insured at the post
office at which it is posted, against the risk of loss or damage in course of transmission by post, and
that a receipt therefore shall be granted to the person posting it; and
(b) that, in addition to any postage and fees for registration chargeable under this Act, such
further fee as may be fixed by the notification shall be paid on account of the insurance of postal
articles.
31. Power to require insurance of postal articles.—The Central Government may, by notification in
the Official Gazette, declare in what cases insurance shall be required, and direct that any postal article
containing anything required to be insured, which has been posted without being insured, shall be
returned to the sender or shall be delivered to the addressee, subject to the payment of such special fee as
may be fixed by the notification:
Provided that the levy of such special fee as aforesaid shall not impose any liability upon 1
[the Central
Government] 2*** in respect of the postal article.
32. Power to make rules as to insurance.—(1) The Central Government may make rules as to the
insurance of postal articles.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may—
(a) declare what classes of postal articles may be insured under section 30;
(b) fix the limit of the amount for which postal articles may be insured; and
(c) prescribe the manner in which the fees for insurance shall be paid.
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “the Secretary of State for India in Council”.
2. The words “or the Secretary of State” omitted by the A.O. 1948.
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(3) Postal articles made over to the Post Office for the purpose of being insured, shall be delivered,
when insured, at such places and times and in such manner as the Director General may, by order, from
time to time, appoint.
33. Liability in respect of postal articles insured.—Subject to such conditions and restrictions as
the Central Government may, by rule, prescribe 1
[the Central Government] shall be liable to pay
compensation, not exceeding the amount for which a postal article has been insured, to the sender thereof
for the loss of the postal article or its contents, or for any damage caused to it in course of transmission by
post:
Provided that the compensation so payable shall in no case exceed the value of the article lost or the
amount of the damage caused.
34. Transmission by post of value-payable postal articles.—The Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, direct that, subject to the other provisions of this Act and to the
payment of fees at such rates as may be fixed by the notification, a sum of money specified in writing at
the time of posting by the sender of a postal article shall be recoverable on the delivery thereof from the
addressee, and that the sum, so recovered, shall be paid to the sender:
Provided that 2
[the Central Government shall not] incur any liability in respect of the sum specified
for recovery, unless and until that sum has been received from the addressee.
Explanation.—Postal articles sent in accordance with the provisions of this section may be described
as “value-payable” postal articles.
35. Power to make rules as to value-payable postal articles.—(1) The Central Government may
make rules as to the transmission by post of value-payable postal articles.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may—
(a) declare what classes of postal articles may be sent as value-payable postal articles.
(b) direct that no postal article shall be so sent unless the sender declares that it is sent in
execution of a bona fide order received by him;
(c) limit the value to be recovered on the delivery of any value-payable postal article; 3***
(d) prescribe the form of declaration to be made by the senders of value-payable postal articles,
and the time and manner of the payment of fees;
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[(e) provide for the retention and repayment to the addressee in cases of fraud of money
recovered on the delivery of any value-payable postal article; and
(f) prescribe the fees to be charged far inquiries into complaints regarding the delivery of or
payment for value-payable postal articles.]
(3) Postal articles shall be made over to the Post Office for the purpose of being sent as “valuepayable” and shall be delivered, when so sent, at such times and in such manner as the Director General
may, by order, from time to time, appoint.
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[(4) No suit or other legal proceeding shall be instituted against 1
[the Central Government 5***] or
any officer of the Post Office in respect of anything done, or in good faith purporting to be done, under
any rule made under clause (e) of sub-section (2).]
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937 for “the Secretary of State for India in Council”.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for “neither the Central Government nor the Secretary of State shall” which was substituted by the
A.O. 1937, for “the Secretary of State of India in Council shall not”.
3. The word “and” omitted by Act 3 of 1912, s. 7.
4. Ins. by s. 7, ibid.
5. The words “the Secretary of State” omitted by the A.O. 1948.
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36. Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries.—(1) Where arrangements 1
[made]
with the United Kingdom, or with any British possession, 2
[
3*** or foreign country are in force], for the
transmission by post of registered, insured or value-payable postal articles between 4
[India] and the
United Kingdom or such possession 5
[
6*** or country], the Central Government may make rules to give
effect to such arrangements.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may
prescribe—
(a) the form of declaration to be made by the senders of such postal articles as aforesaid; and
(b) the fees to be charged in respect thereof.