Post Office.
(5) The postage due on such cards and envelopes transmitted to the permit-holder will be calculated at pre-paid rates applicable to such articles and will be collected from him on delivery.
(6) Business reply envelopes and cards cannot be registered, insured or marked for express delivery.
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(7) Without prejudice to any other penalties prescribed in the Ordinance, the permit will be liable to cancellation (Cap.98) in the event of default in payment of postage due on such cards and envelopes as are transmitted to the permit-holder through the post.
28. Insured boxes addressed to Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Malaya and China will be accepted for transmission in the surface transport letter mails under the conditions set out in the schedule to this regulation.
The registration fee shall be 30 cents per box and the G.N.A.70/48 insurance fee shall be $0.50 for each $300 of insured value or part thereof with a maximum insured value of $2,400.
SCHEDULE.
(a) Articles of gold and silver, precious stones, jewellery and other articles of a like nature, which are prohibited from transmission in insured letters, may be sent in the letter mails as "insured boxes".
(b) The undermentioned classes of articles are prohibited from transmission in insured boxes for any destination—
(i) articles the admission or circulation of which in the country of destination is prohibited;
(ii) letters or notes which may serve as a substitute for correspondence;
(iii) current coin;
(iv) banknotes or securities payable to bearer;
(v) bonds, and
(vi) articles included in the category of commercial papers.
It is, however, permissible to insert in an insured box an open invoice confined to the particulars which constitute an invoice, and also a simple copy of the addressee's name and address, and the name and address of the sender.
(c) No claim shall be made in respect of any article contained in an insured box, any of the contents of which have been confiscated by a competent authority of any of the countries of origin, transit or destination.
(d) An insured box must not exceed 2 lb. in weight and must not measure more than 12 inches in length, 4 inches in breadth and 4 inches in height. The box employed for packing must be strongly made of metal or wood, and when a wooden box is used the wood must be at least an inch thick.
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