Section 12
Liability for payment of postage
ActRepealedProvision 13 of 43
Section 12
(1)
The person to whom any postal article shall be tendered for delivery on which postage or any other fee or sum is due shall be bound to pay the postage or other fee or sum due on his accepting delivery of the postal article, unless he forthwith returns it unopened.
(2)
If any such postal article appears to the satisfaction of the
Postmaster General to have been maliciously sent for the purpose of annoying the addressee, he may remit the postage or other fee or sum due.
(3)
If any postal article on which postage or any other fee or sum chargeable is due, is refused or returned as aforesaid, or if the addressee is dead or cannot be found, then the sender shall be bound to pay the postage or other fee or sum due thereon.