# 33 Liability 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
29
Power to make rules as to registration30
Insurance of postal articles31
Power to require insurance of postal articles32
Power to make rules as to insurance34
Transmission by post of value-payable postal articles35
Power to make rules as to value-payable postal articles36
Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries
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