CHAPTER VI
REGISTRATION, INSURANCE AND VALUE
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PAYABLE POST
28.
Registration of Postal articles.
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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 a
ny postage chargeable
under this Act, such further fee as may be fixed by the notification shall
be paid on account of the registration of postal articles.
29. Power to make rules as to registration.
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(1)The Central
Government may make rules as to the re
gistration of postal articles.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing
power, such rules may
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(a) declare in what cases registration shall be required;
(b) prescribe the manner in which the fees fo
r 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 Pos
t 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.
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The [Central Government]
may, by notif
ication in the [Official Gazette], direct
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(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 rece
ipt 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 arti
cles.
31.
Power to require insurance of postal articles.
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The
[Central Government] may, by notification in the [Official Gazette],
declare in what case insurance shall be required, and direct that any
postal article containing anything required to be insu
red, 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 notificatio