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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 33

Liability in respect of postal articles insured Subject to such conditions and restrictions as the 3

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 33 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Liability in respect of postal articles insured Subject to such conditions and restrictions as the 3. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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a) [a] Substituted for the words "Governor-General in Council" in A.O., 1937. [Central Government) may, by rule, prescribe, 3 (b) [b] Substituted for the words "the Secretary of State of India in Council", by A.O., 1937 (1-4-1937). [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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What does Post Office Act, 1898 Section 33 provide?

Section Section 33 of the Post Office Act, 1898 (Liability in respect of postal articles insured Subject to such conditions and restrictions as the 3) is reproduced on this page as part of the Post Office Act, 1898. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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