law: Indian Post Office Act, 1898 
  35. Power to make rules as to value-payable postal
  
  articles
  (1) The Central
  
  Government may make rules as to the transmission by post of value-payable
  
  postal articles.
  (2) In particular and
  
  without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may-
  (a) declare what classes of postal articles
  
  may be sent as value-payable postal articles;
  (b) direct that no postal article shall be so
  
  sent unless the sender declares that it is sent in execution of a bona fide order
  
  received by him;
  (c) limit the value to be recovered on the
  
  delivery of any value-payable postal article; 35[***]
  (d) prescribe the form of declaration to be
  
  made by the senders of value-payable postal articles, and the time and manner
  
  of the payment of fees;
   17  [(e) provide for the retention and repayment
  
  to the addressee in cases of fraud of money recovered on the delivery. of any
  
  value-payable postal article; and
  (f) prescribe the fees to be charged for
  
  inquiries into complaints regarding the delivery of or payment for
  
  value-payable postal articles.]
  (3) Postal articles
  
  shall be made over to the Post Office for the purpose of being sent as
  
  "value-payable" and shall be delivered, when so sent, at such times
  
  and in such manner as the Director General may, by order, from time to time
  
  appoint.
   21  [(4) No suit or other
  
  legal proceeding shall be instituted against 32[the Central
  
  Government 36[***]] or any officer of the Post Office in respect of
  
  anything done, or in good faith purporting to be done, under any rule made
  
  under clause (e) of sub-section (2).]