LawgistThe Indian Post Office Act
33Liability 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.
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1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937 for "the Secretary of State for India in Council".
REGISTRATION, INSURANCE AND VALUE-PAYABLE POST
- 28 Registration of postal articles
- 29 Power to make rules as to registration
- 30 Insurance of postal articles
- 31 Power to require insurance of postal articles
- 32 Power to make rules as to insurance
- 33 Liability in respect of postal articles insured
- 34 Transmission by post of value-payable postal articles
- 35 Power to make rules as to value-payable postal articles
- 36 Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries
