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application for a new book, and pay a fee of one shilling therefor.

Issue of new book.

(2.) Upon receiving such application the Chief Postmaster may, if he thinks fit, issue a new book to the applicant.

Payment without production of depositor's book.

(3.) The Postmaster-General may pay any sum in respect of any amount in the Post-Office Savings-Bank, without the production of the depositor's book, where he is satisfied that the depositor or other claimant is entitled to receive such sum.

Depositors unable to write.

48. (1.) Where a first deposit is made by a person who cannot write, his mark must be affixed to the statutory declaration in the presence of a witness, who must certify that such declaration has, before being made by the depositor, been first clearly read over to him in the presence and hearing of the witness.

Attestation of depositor's orders.

(2.) Where the depositor cannot write, any authority to receive the amount payable on a warrant must be executed or signed by the depositor in accordance with the provisions of this regulation as to the making of the statutory declaration by a person who cannot write, as far as such provisions are applicable.

Receipt of depositor unable to write.

(3.) Where the person to whom a warrant is made payable cannot write, he must, when he presents the warrant for payment, affix his mark to the receipt at the foot of the warrant in the presence of some person who is known to the paying officer, and who can identify the person applying for the money as the person named in the warrant.

Rectification of mistakes.

49. Where a first or any other deposit is made in error, the Postmaster-General may return the same and cancel all proceedings taken in respect thereof, or may take such other steps as may be necessary to give effect to the intention of the parties.

Protection to the Postmaster-General when acting in accordance with regulations.

50. When any payment is made or act done by the Postmaster-General in accordance with “The Post Office Act, 1900,” and the regulations for the time being made thereunder, he shall be indemnified against all claims on the part of any person in respect of such payment or act, but any person may nevertheless recover any sum lawfully due to him from the person to whom the Postmaster-General has paid the same.

Exemption from postage.

51. Declarations, depositor's books, acknowledgments, notices of withdrawal, warrants, and all documents and correspondence passing between the Postmaster-General and any depositor or other person in relation to Saving-Bank business shall be transmitted by post free of postage.

Postmaster-General not liable for money lost in transmission through the Post.

52. The Postmaster-General shall not be responsible for any money which may be lost in the course of its transmission by post or otherwise to a Postmaster or other officer of the Postmaster-General for deposit in the Post-Office Savings-Bank.

Transfer of payment of warrant.

53. Payment of a Savings-Bank warrant may, upon application by the depositor to the Chief Postmaster of the district in which the account is open, and upon payment of a fee of one shilling, be transferred from the Savings-Bank office upon which it was drawn in the first instance to any other Savings-Bank office in the same district.

Currency of warrant.

54. The currency of a warrant for the repayment of Savings-Bank deposits is limited to three clear calendar months; if unpaid at the end of such period the amount thereof shall be treated as paid to and redeposited by the depositor.

Transfer from one district to another.

55. (1.) A depositor whose account in the Savings-Bank has been open for three clear calendar months may have it transferred from the postal district in which it is open to any Savings-Bank office in any other postal district, by giving notice in the following form and forwarding his Savings-Bank book to the Chief Postmaster of the district from which he desires his account transferred, who will, on receipt thereof, close the account and transfer the balance at credit thereof, inclusive of interest up to the end of the calendar month last preceding the date of transfer, to the Savings-Bank office named by the depositor.

NOTICE TO TRANSFER SAVINGS-BANK ACCOUNT.

DATE OF TRANSFER.

DEPOSITOR'S BOOK.

No.

AMOUNT TRANSFERRED.

£ s. d.

For use of Chief Office.

OFFICE DATE-STAMP.

To the Chief Postmaster,

I, the undersigned, do hereby authorise and direct you to transfer the balance of deposits to credit of the above described account, together with any interest accrued thereon, to the Post-Office Savings-Bank at . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I enclose herewith the deposit-book.

Witness my hand, this . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . , 19

DEPOSITOR'S

Signature : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Occupation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New Address : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Witness to Signature : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New account to be opened.

(2.) The certificate of the amount due to the depositor, when received at the office of the Postmaster to which an account is thus transferred, with the deposit-book, will be shown in a new account to be opened with the said depositor.

Postmaster-General may transfer account under exceptional circumstances although not open three months.

56. The Postmaster-General may, if he sees fit, transfer the account of a depositor although it may not have been open three clear calendar months where he is satisfied that there are special circumstances which warrant his doing so.

Acceptance of deposits for credit of accounts open in another district.

57. The Postmaster-General may authorise the acceptance of deposits for credit of Savings-Bank accounts open in postal districts other than that in which the deposits are tendered; but the period during which deposits may be so lodged by any individual depositor shall not exceed three clear calendar months from the date of the first deposit so made in any one district, after the expiration of which period no further deposits may be made in