Post Office Act · s 51

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s 51Recovery of money order or postal order paid to wrong person

If any person, without reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which shall lie on him, neglects or refuses to refund —

(a)

any amount paid to him in respect of a money order or postal order by an officer of the Department in excess of what ought to have been paid to him in respect thereof; or

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(b)

the amount of a money order or postal order paid by an officer of the Department to him instead of to some person to whom it ought to have been paid, such amount shall be recoverable before a Magistrate by an officer of the

Department authorised by the Postmaster General in that behalf from the person so neglecting or refusing.