OTHER FEATURES OF INTERNATIONAL MAIL ITEMS - PO Regulations 2024

E. OTHER FEATURES OF INTERNATIONAL MAIL ITEMS

123. Other features. - Any outward accountable item shall be presented to the post office and a receipt shall be given to the person who presents such item.  
124. Track and trace service. - For every accountable international item, electronic exchange of data is available at item level, receptacle level and airlines level to facilitate transparency in the movement of items and receptacles, however, for registered letter items, this service is not available for some of the destination as per the internal regulations of destination.  
125. Inward international mails. - (1) The conditions for transmission of items by post shall be as may be specified by administrative instructions from time to time.

  Provided that the regulations relating to domestic registered newspapers shall be deemed to apply in the case of newspapers sent to any foreign country or territory.

(2) Any inward accountable item shall not be delivered to the addressee unless and until an authorised person has signed a receipt for it.

126. Failure to take delivery. -(1) If the addressee of an international air parcel fails to take delivery of it within seven days, following the date of its first presentation or the date of delivery to him or to the authorised person   of an intimation of its arrival, a demurrage charges, commencing from the eighth day, shall be collected from the addressee at the time of delivery:  

         Provided that in the case of an international air parcel, bearing an alternate address, if the parcel cannot be delivered at the original address, the demurrage charge due from the first addressee shall also be collected from the second addressee at the time of delivery.  

(2) If the addressee of-

1. an inward international packet (or bag) or printed papers;  
2. an inward International small packet; or  
3. an inward International insured letter or insured box

fails to take delivery of it within seven days following the date of its first presentation or the date of delivery to him or to his authorised person of an intimation of its arrival, and if its weighs more than 500 grams, a demurrage charge commencing from the eighth day, shall be collected from the addressee at the time of delivery.

(3)  The demurrage charges as referred in sub-regulations (1) and (2), shall be as mentioned in the Table XI of Schedule III.  

127. Failure to take delivery of Post Restante parcel. - (1) If the addressee of an international air parcel addressed “Poste Restante” fails to take delivery of it within seven days following the date of its arrival in the office of delivery, a demurrage charge, commencing from the eighth day, shall be collected from the addressee at the time of delivery.

2. If the addressee of –

1. an inward international packet (or bag) of printed papers; or  
2. an inward International small packet; or  
3. an inward International insured letter or insured box,  

addressed “Poste Restante” fails to take delivery of it within seven days following the date of its arrival in the office of delivery, and if it weighs more than 500 grams, commencing from the eighth day shall be collected from the addressee at the time of delivery.

3. The demurrage charges as referred in sub-regulations (1) and (2), shall be as mentioned in the Table XI of Schedule III.