Page 103 - Jamaica PO Guide 1952

OVERSEAS MONEY ORDERS
,.British and forcisn mo~1cy order·s shall be issued :111<1 paid ut the following Post Offices;
J\.rugstou, Black nrv('l', hdmoutlo, Lucca, l\l.undevrlle, 1\fay Pen, l\lontego Day, .Morunt
Bay, Port Autonio. Port J\laria, St. Ann's Da.''• Savanna-In-Mar Rpanish Town, Brown's
Town aud ButT Bay an I at such other Post Offices as the Postm:1Ster Geucral may deem
ad visa hie.
The rates of <:ommissiou to be charged for money order-.; and the other charges le,·i-
nble shnll he as follows-
( a) on money orders drawn on Anligua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British
Gubnu, Uritish Honduras, Cnyman Islands, Dominica, Greuada, 1\f.ont-
serrat, Nevis, St. KiLts, St. Lucia, Tobago, T ortolu, Trinidad, aud Turks
Island, sixpence for the first two pounds in value and two pence for each
additional pouud or fractional part thereof.
(b) on money orders drawn on any other country sixpence for the first pound
in value and three pence for each additional pounrf or fractional part
thereof.
Issue of Overseas Money Orders
( I) The ma.~imum amount for which a single money order may be drawn on-
(a) Great Britain and Northern Troland, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados,
Bermuda, British Guiana, Drit.L~h llondura~;, Cayman fslands, Dominica,
Grenadn, Montserrut, Nevis, St.. T\itts, St. Luci!1., Tobago, T ortola, Trinidad
nncl Turks Island, shall be forty pounds.
(b) Canadn, (including Newfoundland), the United States of America and
Clmal Zone, shall he one hundri!CI dollars.
(2) The maximum amount in other case~ shall be as shown in the Post Office Guide
issued by ll is M'aje.~ty's Postmaster General.
( J) All money or·dcr!< shall be expressed in sterling except those drawn upon Canada
(including Newfoundland), the Uuited States of America and Canal 7Ane, which shall
be expressed in dollars and rents.
(2) No money order may be cashed for an amount including a fractional part of a penny.
A pcrsou npplying for a money order payable abroad sh,tll fill in the Sp!'t·i!tl rel]uisi-
tion form supplied for the purpose. The amount of the money ordr.r, the ofllce of pay-
ment, the name and full address of the payee aud the name and full address of the re-
mitter shall he stated clearly.
The Postmaster General-shall not he responsible for any wrong deli very or payment
resulting from, or fac:ilitated by indistinctness, inaccuracy or incompleteness of name
or address or any other defect in any applic!ltion for a money order.
The issuing Postmaster shall hand to the remitter either-
(1) a money order to be forwarded by post to the payee for presentation at
t.he office of payment; or
(2) in cases where arrangements have been made for the payee to rccei,·e a
money order through the chief office of the country of payment, a cert.i-
ficnte of issue.
'l'hrnugh money orders: An additional commission of twopence for each pound or
fraction of a. pound with a. minimum of fourpence upon money orders for all countries
sent through Lhe intermediary of the United Kingdom shall be deducted from the amount
of the order before it i.'l re-advised from London. (Money orders dra.'' n on t.he Irish
Hepublic are IJ·euted as "t.hrough orders").
The payment of a money order drawn on an office abroad shall be subject to Lhe
regulations of the country of payment. The payee may be required to produce docu-
mciil.llry evidence of his identity before payment.
Where money orders are being used hy persons for the tran~mission of large swns of
money, or to profit by an advance in Lhe rate of exchange, or in other circumstances
causinp; abuses or acting injuriously to the postal revenue, t.he Postmaster General on
the direction of t.he Governor may increase the prescribed rntes of commission, or sus-
pend the i~sue of s uch money orders.
Orderf< issued in the Tsland for payment abroad shall be valid for tweh·e months after
the month of issue, e.xcept orders payable in the Belgian Congo, which arc valid for eight
months only, and in Brazil, Tnrlia, the Nctherland West Tndies, and Uruguay, which are
valid for six months only, after the mont.h of issue.