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 62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION-JULY 5, 1947 3329 CHAPTER II. Registered Articles. ARTICLE 57. Charges. 1. The articles of correspondence designated in Article 35 may be Ante, p.3319. sent under registration. 2. The postage on all registered articles must be paid in advance. It consists of: (a) The ordinary postage on the article, according to its class; (b) A fixed registration fee of 40 centimes at most. 3. The fixed registration fee applicable to the reply half of a post card cannot be legally paid by anyone but the sender of that half. 4. A receipt shall be delivered without charge to the sender of a Receipt. registered article at the time of mailing. 5. Countries disposed to assume risks arising from force majeure (causes beyond control) are authorized to collect a special charge of 40 centimes at most for each registered article. 6.|Unprepaid or insufficiently prepaid registered articles which Missing postage. have been wrongly sent to the country of destination are liable, at the expense of the addressees, to a charge equal to the amount of the missing postage. ARTICLE 58. Return receipts. 1. The sender of a registered article may request a return receipt by paying, at the time of mailing, a fixed charge of 30 centimes at mostt 2. The return receipt may be requested after the mailing of the article, within the period of one year and upon payment of the charge prescribed by Article 56 for inquiries. ARTICLE 59. Extent of responsibility. 1. With the exceptions provided for by Article 60 following, Administrations are responsible for the loss of registered articles. 2. The sender is entitled, on that account, to indemnity, the amount of which is fixed at 25 francs per article. 3. Administrations assume no responsibility for articles seized by the customs. ARTICLE 60. Exceptions to the principle of responsibility. Administrations are released from all responsibility for loss of registered articles: (a) In case of force majeure; however, responsibility is maintained with regard to an Administration of origin which has under-

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