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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 44

Power for remitter to recall money order or alter name of payee

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 44 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Power for remitter to recall money order or alter name of payee. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) Subject to such conditions as the 3 (a) [a] Substituted for the words 'Governor-General in Council' by A.O., 1937. [Central Government] may, by rules made under (section 43) , prescribe in respect of the levy of additional rates of commission or fees or any other matters, a person remitting money through the Post Office by means of money order may require that the amount of the order, if not paid to the payee, be repaid to him, or be paid to such person other than the original payee as he may direct.

(2) If neither the payee nor the remitter of a money order can be found, and if within the period of one year from the date of the issue of the order no claim is made by such payee or remitter, the amount of such order shall not be claimable from the Government.

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What does Post Office Act, 1898 Section 44 provide?

Section Section 44 of the Post Office Act, 1898 (Power for remitter to recall money order or alter name of payee) 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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