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 2326 PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-LEEWARD ISLANDS. May 27. 1929. July 11, 1929. refund of fee or postage, to decline to pay indemnity or to pay such indemnity as may in its discretion be considered equitable in the light of the evidence produced. The enforcement of this rule shall not prejudice any legal proceedings to which such fraudulent evidence may have rendered the claimant liable. ,Administratlonof~r- 10. When an insured article has been lost rifled or d8m~ed, the Igm to pay indemruty A..l _. . f" hall . d.' h .hful . within a year. nmJDlstratIOn 0 ongm S p&.ym emmtytot engt calmant as soon as possible and at the latest within a period of one year count- ing with the day following that on which the application is madez which payment shall be made on account of the AdmiTJistration ot destination, if that Administration is responsible for the loss, rifling or damage, and Las been duly notified. Deferr1ngpayments. 11. However, the Ailmimstration of origin may, in the cases indicated in the foregoing paragraph, exceptionally defer payment oi indemnity for a longer period than that stipulated li, at the expiration of that period, it has not been able to determine tho disposition made of the article m question or the responsibility incurred. P8~e~t by country 12. Except in cases where payment is exceptionally deferred. as TarmstroBot (talk)r:o~ 16:20, 18 January 2013 (UTC)~ provided in the foregoing paragraph, the country of origin is author- months. ised to pay indemnity on behalf of the country of destination if that country has, after being duly informed of the application for indemnity, let nino months pass without settling the matter. Country responsible. 13. The obligation of paying the indemnity shall rest with the country to which the mailing office is subordinate. That country can make a claim on the country responsible, that is to say, against the Ailministration on the territory or in the service of which the loss, rifling or damage took place. tryRep8fJllent to ClOUD- 14. The country responsible for the loss, rifling or damage and on paymg. whose account payment is made is bound to repay to the country making payment on its behalf, without delay and within not more than nine months after receiving notice of payment, the amount of indemnity paid. Reimbursement on 15. Reimbursements for indemnity from one country to the other gold basis. shall be made on the gold basis. Means to be used. 16. Repayments are to be made free of cost to the creditor country by means of either a money order or a draft, in money valid in tha creditor country, or by such other means as may be mutually agreed upon by correspondence. ce!;rnr=~7uTarmstroBot (talk)ie _~?~J Untill th;ehconhtrary is provohi~'hrehsPo~sibility. ford an insured1 to show disposition. pW"CW rests WIt t e CCiuntry w c avmg receive the parce without making any observatIOn and being furnished all necessary particulars for in9.uiry, is unable to show its proper disposition. DIsp8tching office re- 18' R 'bilifI~.d f ed 1 sponsible if loss dis- - esponsl ty or oss, or amage 0 an msur parce covered by receiving discovered by the receiving office 0 exchanga at the time of opening office. the receptacles and duly notified to the despatching office of exchange by bulletin of verification, shall fall upon the Administration to which the desptaching office of exchange is subordinate unless it is proved that the loss, rifling or damage occurred in the service of the receiving Administration. kn~ iOri~ un- If the loss, rifling or damage occurred in the course of conveyance and it should not be possible to ascertain on the territory or in the service of which Country the loss, rifling or damage took place, the indemnity shall be shared equally. fOTarmstroBot (talk)I:-=:~ 19. The responsibility of properly enclosing packing and sealing etc. insured parcels rests upon the sender, and the postal service of neither country will assume hability for loss, rifling or damage arising from defects which may not be observed at the time of posting.