Page 104 - Jamaica PO Guide 1952

100 I'Oti'l' O~'FIC8 OUIDt.;

Payment of Money Orders (British or Foreign)
No money order shall be paid unless-
(a) The corresponding advice has been previously received; except in the case
of Canada, the United States of Ametica and the Canal Zone; or
(b) the advice bears the date stamp of the oflice at which the order purports
to have been issued; or
(c) t.he id en my of the person presenting the money order is esl.:lblished to the
satisfaction of the paying ofl1ccr.
(I) Subject to the pro,·isions of tlwse Regulations, the paying oflicer shalllllJlke pay-
ment of every order presented (other\lise than through a Dank) when it is properly
reccipl~l, if the n11mc of the rcmiller as furnish~! by L!ae applicant is in agrecmcn~ w.ith
the ad vacc, or appears on the order, unless the pay1ng ofhcer has good reason for bchev111g
that the upplil:ant is neither the ptlyee nor his agent.
(2) .\ money order payable to a limited liability company, corporation or society shall
be compleLed by the insertion of the name of the company,corporalion or society in the
receipt space, together with the signature of a responsible oflicer snrJ1 as the secretary,
manager, director, treasurer or accountant, and the description of his official position.
When an order is crossed for payment through a b11nk, payment shall be made to a
duly accredited representative of the bank, if the order bears a legible imprint of the
bank's stamp.
?lloney 01xlcrs shall be paid subject to the possession by the Postmaster of lhe pay-
ing office of sufficient funds, and the Postmaster General shall not be responsible for any
delay in payment. owing to insufficient funds being available.
If a payee is unable to write, be shall sign the receipt by making his mark, which shall
be witnessed in writing. The witness shall sign his name and write his address in the
presence of the paying officer. The payin~ oflicer shall not himself acL as witness.
The Witness need not be personally acquamtcd with the payee.
The rntes of conversion for money orders issued in the United States of America and
Canal Zone and payable in this Island and vice •·ersnand the rate of conversion for money
orders issued in this Island and payable in Canada shall be fi.ted by the Postmaster
General on the basis of the prevailing local rale of exchange as advised daily by Darclays
(Dominion Colonial Overseas) Bank;* the Post Office selling rate not to be lower than
five points below the selling rate of the local banks, and the Post Office buying rate not
to exceed the local Banks' buying rate by more than five points. In the case of money
order!' issued in Canada for payment in Jamaica the Canadian Post Office indicates the
amount to be paid in sterling.
After once pt\ying a money order by whomsoever presented lbe Postmaster General
shall not be liable to any further claim, nor to pay compensation for the loss or injury
arising oul of delay in payment of n money order or out of any other irregularity in con·
nerlion with a money order.
Where the remitter of a money order desires to be advised of the date of payment of
the order, he may npply to the office of issue either at the time of issue of the money order
or suhsC(Iuenlly, anrl pay a fee of threepence. The issuing Postmaster shall then arrange
for an advice of payment to be sent to the remitter.
If the payee of a money order desires to receive payment in t.he Island at some other
oflice than that upon which the order has been drawn, such transfer may be granted
free of charge.
In case of a miscarriage or loss of a money order in transmission through U1e post a
du1>licate order shall be issued free of charge upon \\Tit.ten applic.ation containing the
necessary particulars being made t.o U1e Postmaster General.
Where a duplir.ale order is required to replace a missing order application should be
made by t.he remitter to the post office of the country of issue. The payee may also
make application for a duplicate order through the Postmaster General of Jamaica, pro-
vided he can furnish particulars of the number, etc., of the original.
Defore a duplicale order is paid in this island, the payee must sign an indemnity lht'
form prescribed by law.
llepayment of the amount of an original a void or duplicate money order shall not be
made to the remitter until an authorisation for such repayment shall first have been
obtained from the country where such orders are payable.
Every money order issued in another country and payable in U1e Island which has not
been paid within tweh·e months of l11e month in which it was issued shall be void.
*This does not apply while the rate of exchari!Jt doe& not fluduate daily.