4Increased charges in certain cases

4 Increased charges in certain cases

[Section 4 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ]**[Section 4 Amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ]

(1)  When any parcel or package containing any article above specified is so delivered, and its value and contents declared as aforesaid, and such value exceeds the sum of $20, such common carrier may demand and receive an increased rate of charge, to be notified by some notice affixed in legible characters in some public and conspicuous part of the office where such parcels or packages are received for the purpose of conveyance, stating the increased rates of charge required to be paid over and above the ordinary rate of carriage as a compensation for the greater risk and care to be taken for the safe conveyance of such valuable articles.

(2)  All persons sending or delivering parcels or packages containing such valuable articles as aforesaid at such office shall be bound by such notice, without further proof of the same having come to their knowledge.