Indian Post Office Act, 1898
31. Power to require insurance of postal articles
The Central Government
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare in what cases insurance
shall be required, and direct that any postal article containing anything
required to be insured, which has been posted without being insured, shall be
returned to the sender or shall be delivered to the addressee, subject to the
payment of such special fee as may be fixed by the notification:
Provided that the levy
of such special fee as aforesaid shall not impose any liability upon 32[the
Central Government 33[***]] in respect of the postal article.