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 PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-MALAYA. XI. January 21. 1935. March 22. 1935. 3137 RETUl!N Rf:CEIPTS AND IXQUIRIES. Return receipts and inquiries. 1. The sender of an insured :parcel may obtain an advice of deliv- Advice of delivery. ery upon payment of such addItional charge, if any, as the country of origin of the parcel shall stipulate. 2 A fee may be charged at the option of the countrv of orimn. Request for infonna- •, b6 , tl')U on a request for information as to the disposal of an ordmar:y J.>a.rcel . and also of an insured parcel made after it has been posted If the sender has not already paid the special fee to obtain an advice of delivery. A fee may also be charged, at the option of the country of ori~n, larymplaint of irregu- in connection with any complaint of any irregularity which prIma . facie was not due to the fault of the Postal service. 3. When an advice of delivery is desired, the sender or office of Marking requests. origin shall write or stamp on the parcel, in a conspicuous manner, the words "Return receIpt requested," "Advice of Delivery re- quested ", or, boldly the letters "A.R". XII. INDEMNITY. Indemnity. 1. Except in rase of loss or damage through force majeure (causes Allowance to Bender. beyond control) as the term is defined by the legal decIsions or rul- ings of the country in the service of which the loss or damage occurs, when an insured parcel has been lost, rifled or damaged, the sender, or other rightful claimant, is entitled to an indemnity corresponding to the actual amount of loss, rifling- or damage based on the actual value at the time and place of mailmg of the lost, rifled or damaged article, unless the loss rifling or damage has arisen from the fault or negligence of the sen (leI' or the addressee or of the representative of eitlwr or from the nature of the article, provided that the indemnity J.imitation. shall not exceed the sum for which the required insurance fee was paid in the country of or~gin. In the ab",('nce of specIal aO'reement to the contrar"tT between the . Agr~ment <Jf. for de- • .' '. b J livery In a thIrd coun- countI'le~ Involved (whICh agreement may be made through cor- try. respondence) no indemnity will be paid by either country for the loss, rifling or damage of transit insured parcels, that is, insured parcels originating in one of the two contracting countries or a third country, addressed for delivery in some other country not a part,}' to this Agreement. 2. Neither Post Office is bound to pay indemnity in case of loss je: by fon-e rna - due to force majeure under any partIcular definitions of that term . unless the other Post Office will assume liability reciprocally under the same definitions of the term, although either country may at its option and without recourse to the other country, pay indemnity for losses occurring through force majeure under any definition of that terIn. ' 3. In case an insured parcel originating in one country and ad- a CO::::ded to dressed for delivery in the other country is forwarded or returned . from the count.ry of original address to a third country, the rightful claimant shall be entitled only to such indemnity, if any, for any loss, rifling, or damage which occurs subsequent to the re-despatch of the parcel in the country of original address, as the country in which the loss, rifling, or damage occurred is willing or obligated to pay under any agreement in force between the countries directly in- volved in the forwarding or return. Either country adhering to this Agreement which improperly forwards an insured parcel to a third