{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1953-repealed/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1953-repealed/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/36",
  "legislation_title": "Post Office Act 1953 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1953-repealed",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Cash on delivery service.",
  "text": "1), (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Where a cash on delivery packet is delivered in the British postal area . . . without the sums payable in respect thereof having been paid, the Post Office may by notice in writing require the addressee within the time specified in the notice either to pay the said sums or to redeliver the packet intact to the Post Office, and if the addressee fails to comply with the notice the Post Office shall be entitled to recover the said sums . . . from the addressee.\n4), (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 5–7, 8(1)(2)(4), 9,10,(1)(2)(4)(5), 11(3), 12–15, 16(3) repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 11 Pt.II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 9 para. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 9 para. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 10(3) amended by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 9 para. 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/36/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:16:39.685380+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}