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Notice of
desire to obtain pay- ment by telegraph.
Limit of
payment by telegraph.
Postmaster
to send
telegram of withdrawal.
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(g) Not more than one withdrawal without previous notice
shall be made on any one day.
(h) When deposits stand in the name of more persons than one, all such persons shall attend and sign the neces- sary application and receipt.
(2) This Regulation shall not apply to Friendly Societies or Charitable Societies or to any society, body, or person having special statutory powers of deposit or to any Corporate Body or Corporation Sole, but subject as aforesaid the provisions of these Regulations as to the withdrawal and payment of deposits shall (so far as they are applicable) apply to any withdrawal and payment under this Regulation.
Payment by Telegraph.
46.-(1) A depositor wishing to withdraw any sum on the day on which he gives notice of withdrawal may apply at any Savings Bank Office appointed by the Postmaster-General from time to time for the purpose. Payment upon any such application is hereinafter referred to as payment by telegraph.
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(2) Such application shall be in the prescribed form, a printed copy of which may be obtained at any such Savings Bank Office.
(3) In such form the depositor shall specify the several par- ticulars which are required to be specified in an ordinary notice of withdrawal.
(4) He shall sign the form in the presence of the officer of the Post Office to whom it is handed, and shall produce his Deposit Book to such officer.
(5) Such application shall be made between such hours as the Postmaster-General may fix from time to time with respect to each office.
47. Payment by telegraph shall not be made to any one depositor on any one day in respect of any sum exceeding Ten pounds.
48. On receipt of an application for payment by telegraph, the Postmaster shall, if he is satisfied that a sufficient amount is standing to the credit of the depositor in the Post Office Savings Bank to allow of payment of the required amount, and upon receipt by him of all charges payable under these Regulations in respect of the desired payment (so far as such charges can be ascertained), send a telegram (herein-after referred to as a telegram of withdrawal ") to the Controller of the Post Office Savings Bank stating the name of the depositor, the number of his book, the name of the office or other distinctive letters or marks printed on the cover of such book, and the sum which the depositor wishes to withdraw, such sum to be telegraphed in words.
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49. The following rules shall apply to a telegram of with- drawal :
(1) It shall be written by the Postmaster at the office of origin on the form used for the ordinary telegrams of the public (known and herein-after referred to as the A form ").
(2) The A form shall bear postage stamps representing the amount payable for the nominal fee of one shilling and for the transmission of the telegram as an ordinary telegram.
(3) Such stamps shall be cancelled by the dated stamp of the office of origin as in the case of an ordinary telegram.
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Rules applicable to a telegram of withdrawal.
50. If the Postmaster shall receive from the Controller Telegram of
advice. of the Post Office Savings Bank, in reply to the telegram of withdrawal, a telegram (herein-after called a telegram of advice") authorising him to pay the sum required or any smaller sum, such sum shall be paid to the depositor or to any person authorised by him to receive the same in accordance with these Regulations.
51. The following rules shall apply to such payment:- Rules
(1) The person requiring payment shall produce evidence, applicable to
to the satisfaction of the Postmaster, that he is the payment on telegram of person entitled to receive the amount stated in the advice. telegram of advice.
(2) Such person must sign a receipt in the prescribed form, which receipt shall be a good discharge to the Postmaster-General for the sum specified in the telegram of advice
(3) The amount paid shall be entered in the Deposit Book in the manner prescribed by these regulations in relation to payment by Warrant.
52. Any depositor requiring payment by telegraph shall pay Charges. for the service the sum of one shilling and shall also pay for the telegram of withdrawal and for the telegram of advice, and for any repetition of such telegrams which the Postmaster-General may deem necessary to ensure accuracy, after the rates authorised by the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1920, and any Act amending the same, and the Regulations made from time to time there- under; and the rules applicable to payment for a reply to a telegram shall apply to the telegram of advice.
53. The foregoing Regulations applicable to payment of deposits by telegraph shall not apply to deposits standing in the name of the Registrar of a County Court or in the name of the Public Trustee.
Withdrawals by Depositors holding Coupon Deposit Books. 54. When a Depositor holding a Coupon Deposit Book wishes to withdraw any sum deposited by him he may without previous notice apply for payment at any Savings Bank Office, and if
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