Section 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.
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937 for "the Secretary of State for India in Council".