Lawgist11Liability for payment of postage
(1) The addressee of a postal article on which postage or any other sum chargeable under this Act is due, shall be bound to pay the postage or sum so chargeable on his accepting delivery of the postal article, unless he forthwith returns it unopened:
Provided that, if any such postal article appears to the satisfaction of the Post Master General to have been maliciously sent for the purpose of annoying the addressee, he may remit the postage.
(2) If any postal article on which postage or any other sum chargeable under this Act is due, is refused or returned as aforesaid, or if the addressee is dead or cannot be found, then the sender shall be bound to pay the postage or sum due thereon under this Act.
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- 8 Power to make rules as to payment of postage and fees in certain cases
- 9 Power to make rules as to registered newspapers
- 10 Power to declare rates of foreign postage
- 11 Liability for payment of postage
- 12 Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles
- 13 Customs duty paid by the post office to be recoverable as postage
- 14 Post Office marks prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted
- 15 Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage
