Post office guide part i - India Post

SECTION V – MONEY ORDERS
215. Definitions. – A “Money Order” is an order issued by the Post Office for the payment
of a sum of money through the agency of the Post Office. A “Remitter” is the person who sends
money by means of a money order. A “Payee” is the person named in money order as the person to
whom the money is to be paid.
Money order forms may be obtained from the post office on payment of ten paise each.
The cost of the money order form is not adjusted from the commission payable by the remitter.
216. Money Order Offices. – All post offices are money order offices except those that
are distinguished by the letter D against their names in the list of Post Offices published in Part III
of this Guide.
217. Limit of Value. – The amount for which a single money order may be issued must not
exceed Rs. 1,000.
218. Money Order. – How obtained. – (1) The remitter of a money order must fill in ink,
on the prescribed money order form, the necessary entries adding his signature or thumb mark at
the foot. A form without signature or thumb mark or incomplete in any respect will not be
accepted. All entries made in the form must be legible and may be written in English, Hindi or in
the language of the district either by the remitter himself or by any one on his behalf. The remitter
may write on the coupon any communication he desires to make to the payee.
(2) The money order form duly filed in, together with the amount of the money order and
commission either in cash or by cheque [See Clause 94(a) or (b)] must be presented at the post
office window during the prescribed hours.
NOTE 1: The purpose of any remittance made by a Government Officer in his official capacity, may be briefly
stated by him on the acknowledgement portion of the money order form in continuation of the
printed entry there “Received the sum of Rs. …………………………. as specified on the reverse.”
NOTE 2: The provisions of the Note 1 will also apply to money orders issued by District Boards,
Municipalities, Corporations and other local bodies on their official business.
219. Payee’s name and address. – The name and address of the payee must be entered
with such completeness as shall secure identification and prevent risk of wrong payment. If a
money order is payable from a post office in rural area, the name of father of the payee or the
husband’s name in the case of women payee may also be indicated in the Money Order form to
enable the correct party to be traced without difficulty. In the case of money orders payable in
presidency and other large towns, the name of street, the number of the house in which the payee
resides and the postal address should invariably be given. The occupation, rank, trade, or
profession of the payee, any other particulars calculated to help in identifying him, should be
added. The name of only one person may be entered as payee, except in the case of firms or
corporations, whose usual designation must be given. A money order payable to a Government
official, bank manager, or on editor of newspapers, etc., in his public capacity, should contain the
designation and not the name of the person for whom the order is intended.