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 2416 PARCEL POST—IRISH FREE STATE. either, or from the nature of the article, provided always that indemnity does not exceed the sum for which the parcel was sured and for which the required insurance fee was paid in Mmm country of_origin._ _ _ _ _ _ _ ““*“”‘“· The maximum limit of mdemmty prescribed herein also applie parcels lost in transit notwithstanding the fee paid in the cour of ori `n may have provided for a greater amount of indemnity ,,§,‘§° "“°‘°‘°‘°°“‘“' 2. biither administration is bound to pay indemnity in case loss or damage due to force majeure under any particular definiti of that term unless the other administration will assume liabi reciprocally under the same deiinitions of the term, although eil country may at its option and without recourse to the other coun pay indemnity for losses or damages occurring through fi _ _ majeure under any definition of that term. T““°‘°'“"" °1"“‘“· 3. No application for indemnity will be entertained unless a cl or an initial inquiry, oral or written, shall be filed by claimam his representative within a year commencing with the day follow _ the posting of the insured arcel. ,1§,'},,“,;f,‘{°‘d°“’°‘°’°°‘ 4. No compensation shall be given for loss, injury, or dam consequential upon, i. e., indirectly arising from, the loss, 1 delivery, or misdelivery of any insured parcel transmitted ur _ _ this Convention: _ · _ _ miq3§¤?i»I§1[i`gJi SY"; 5. No mdemnity will be paid for insured p)arcels which con ¤*¤i*¤<1 ¤¤¤¤¢¤¤- matter of no intrinsic value nor for perisha le matter or ma prohibited tran ission in the parcel-post mails exchanged beta the contracting Administrations, or which did not con orm to stipulations o this Convention, or which were not posted in manner prescribed, but the country responsible for the loss, riil or damage, may pay indemity in respect of such parcels witl recourse to the other Administration. c,,§‘;[,‘§‘b,§’,§*§',§§,‘§f‘°,,§{f 6. The two Administrations may mutually agree to also r< r>¤¤*¤*S· burse the rightful claimant for the amount of postage or spe charges borne by a lost insured parcel, or one 0 which the en contents have been lost or completely destroyed in the pos claimed. The insurance fee is not in any case returned. ¤¤¥¤z$u°l$i1?t¤§(iimei$ 7.. No responsibility will be admitted for insured parcels which ¢}¤¢=¤¤¤¤¤*~* d°S*’°>’¤d· not be accounted for in consequence of the destruction of off documents through causes beyond control. m;iiE°niy°iei%§,ZiZi° 8. In case the sender, addressee, or owner of an insured parceZ his representative, shall at any time knowingly allege, the cont to be above their real value, or whenever any false, fictitious fraudulent evidence is knowingly and wilfully introduced, the ministration responsible for the indemnity reserves the right vs out any refund of fee or postage to decline to pay indemnity 0 pay such indemnity as may in its discretion be considered equit in the light of the evidence procured. The enforcement of rule shall not prejudice any legal roceedings to which such fran _ lent evidence may have rendered the claimant liable. ,,§,$3{},';,°{‘,§f,’§g·§·u“$; 9. When an insured article has been lost, rified, or damaged, gggggg¤¤¤¤¤¤¢ <>f¤¤¤· Administration of origin shall pay indemnity to the rightful cl: ` ant as soon as possible and at the latest within a period of one g countinglwith the day following that on which the ap licatio made, w ich payment shall be made on account of the lgdminis tion of destination, if that Administration is responsible for loss, riding, or dama e, and has been duly notified. E*°°¤‘*i°¤ °'¤¢*‘¤d¤· 10. However, the gdministration of origin may, in the cases i cated in the foregoing paragraph, exceptionally defer paymen indemnity for a longer period than that stipulated if, at the ex;

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