62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION-JULY 5, 1947 ARTICLE 139. Withdrawal. Change of address. 1. Requests for withdrawal of correspondence or for change of address give rise to the preparation, by the sender, of a form in con- formity with Form C 7 hereto appended; a single form may be used for several articles mailed simultaneously at the same office by the same sender addressed to the same addressee. In submitting the request to the post office, the sender shall prove his identity and pro- duce the certificate of mailing, if necessary. After he has proved his identity, for which the Administration of the country of origin as- sumes responsibility, the procedure is as follows: (a) If the request is intended to be sent by mail, the form, ac- companied by a perfect facsimile of the envelope or address of the article, is sent directly, under registered cover, to the office of destination; (b) If the request is to be made by telegraph, the form is turned over to the telegraph service, which is charged with transmitting the terms thereof to the post office of destination. The telegram is worded in the French language. 2. On receipt of the Form C 7 or the telegram taking its place, the office of destination searches for the correspondence in question and takes the necessary action. 3. If the search is fruitless, if the article has already been delivered to the addressee, or if the telegraphic request is not explicit enough to permit the article to be surely recognized, the fact is reported at once to the office of origin, which advises the applicant accordingly. The same applies when the customs examination reveals an irregularity. 4. Any Administration may request, by a notification addressed to the International Bureau, that the exchange of requests concerning it be effected through the intermediary of its central Administration or an office specially designated. 5. In the event that the exchange of requests is effected through the intermediary of the central Administrations, account shall be taken of requests sent directly by the offices of origin to the offices of desti- nation, to the extent that the correspondence in question is withheld from delivery pending the arrival of the request from the central Administration. 6. Administrations which avail themselves of the option provided for by Section 4 assume any expense which may be incurred by the transmission, in their domestic service, by mail or telegraph, of the communications to be exchanged with the office of destination. Employment of the telegraph service is obligatory when the sender himself has made use of that service, and when the office of destina- tion cannot be advised in time by mail. 3369 Form of request. Ante, p. 3256 . Request by mail. Request by tele- graph. Searches. Ante. p. 3256. Exchange of re- quests. Expenses. Telegraph service.
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