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COUNTERFOILS

A counterfoil is provided on every postal order so that the purchaser may keep a record of particulars of the order. The issuing officer will, if required, impress it with the date-stamp of the office of issue at the time of purchase.

The counterfoil should be retained by the sender and not forwarded with the order.

COMPLETION OF ORDER

The sender of a postal order must complete in ink the name and address of the person to whom the amount is to be paid and is re- commended also to fill the name of the office of payment.

If the sender does not know which post office is most convenient to the payee, he should insert the name of the town, village or district where the payee resides. The order will then be paid at any post office in the place named.

CROSSING OF ORDER

Postal orders may be crossed for payment through a bank.

ORDERS NOT NEGOTIABLE

Postal orders do not, like bank notes, represent value in themselves and are not negotiable.

PAYMENT

At Post Offices. If the sender has omitted to fill in the name of the payee this must be done by the person desiring payment, and the order must be properly receipted before presentation.

If any erasure or alteration is made, or if the order is cut, mutilated or defaced, payment may be refused.

Through a bank. A crossed order may be paid only through a bank; if the name of the bank be added, payment will be made only through that bank.

REPAYMENT

A purchaser of a postal order may obtain repayment of the amount but not of the poundage and commission, on presenting the order and the counterfoil during the period of validity of the order at the issuing office.

PERIOD OF VALIDITY

When a postal order has been paid, the Post Office is not liable if any further claim for payment is made.

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