Section 11. Liability for payment of postage

11. Liability for payment of postage.— (1) The addressee of a postal article on which postage or any other sum chargeable under this Act is due, shall be bound to pay the postage or sum so chargeable on his accepting delivery of the postal article, unless he forthwith returns it unopened: Provided that, if any such postal article appears to the satisfaction of the Post Master General to have been maliciously sent for the purpose of annoying the addressee, he may remit the postage. (2) If any postal article on which postage or any other sum chargeable under this Act is due, is refused or returned as aforesaid, or if the addressee is dead or cannot be found, then the sender shall be bound to pay the postage or sum due thereon under this Act. — 12. Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles. If any person refuses to pay any postage or other sum due from him under this Act in respect of any postal article, the sum so due may, on application made by an officer of the Post Office authorised in this behalf by the written order of the Post Master General, be recovered for the use of the Post Office from the person so refusing, as if it were a fine imposed under this Act, by any Magistrate having jurisdiction where that person may for the time being be resident; and the Post Master General may further direct that any other postal article, 1 . Subs. by Act 25 of 1950, s. 11 and the Fourth Schedule, for "the States". not being on[1] [Government] service, addressed to that person shall be withheld from him until the sum so due is paid or recovered as aforesaid. — 13. Customs duty paid by the post office to be recoverable as postage. When a postal article, on which any duty of customs is payable, has been received by post from any place beyond the limits of 2[India], and the duly has been paid by the postal authorities at any customs-port or elsewhere, the amount of the duty shall be recoverable as if it were postage due under this Act.