Page 87 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 87

Overseas Post: Parcels, contd.

One form of undertaking will suffice for two or three (but not more) parcels
posted together by the same sender to the same addressee. In such cases the fees
will be 20c for each parcel.
Parcels will be accepted in Great Britain for delivery in Jamaica free of Customs
duty on conditions similar to the foregoing. Such parcels are liable to examin­
ation on arrival for Customs purposes, and all pains and penalties attaching for
under-valuation or misrepresentation of contents or to prohibited goods will be
enforced against the goods themselves or against the parties assuming the charge,
as may he decided by the proper authorities.
The Post Office cannot undertake to make any enquiry respecting the charges
levied by the United Kingdom customs on parcels forwarded under this arrange­
ment.

Re-direction
A parcel may be re-directed to any place participating in a Parcel Post Service
on prepayment of the postage to that place or on receipt of an undertaking to
pay the postage if the addressee refuses to pay it, provided that the parcel con­
forms to the regulations applicable to parcels sent by post to the country or
place to which it is re-directed.
Parcels re-directed from other countries arc not delivered until the postage, if
any, due by the addressee has been paid.
Any parcel sent by post incurs fresh postage at the ordinary rate for re-direction,
except where the parcel is or would be delivered from the same Post Offices both
at the original address and at the address to which the parcel is re-directed.
Undclivcrable Parcels
The sender of a parcel may request at the time of posting that if the parcel
cannot be delivered as addressed it may be treated as abandoned or delivered at a
second address in the country of destination.
If a Despatch Note CP2 is used the instructions as to disposal must be written
conspicuously on the cover of the parcel as well as on the Despatch Note CP2.
If no Despatch Note CP2 is used the instructions must be written on the Customs
declaration forms CP3 or C2/CP3 and must be in one of the following forms:—
“If not delivered as addressed—abandon", or
“If not delivered as addressed deliver to or re-direct to:—
“If delivery is not possible return to me”.
The sender may reproduce or have printed only one of the permitted instruc­
tions on the back of the dispatch note CP2. The instructions marked by the
cross on the despatch note CP2 must be reproduced on the parcel itself. It shall
be in French or in a language known in the country of destination.
In the absence of a definite request for abandonment or for delivery to an
alternative address a parcel which is undeliverable at the original address is
returned to the sender without previous notification and at his expense.
The cost of returning the parcel includes postage generally equivalent to the
outward charge and in many cases charges levied abroad for warehousing and so
on.
Customs duty assessed on the parcel abroad is generally cancelled if the parcel
is returned but on parcels sent back from certain other countries the customs
charges are not cancelled and must be paid on delivery, in addition to the other
charges due.