Government’s liability for loss of foreign postal packet

(1) Except as provided in this section, neither the Government nor any person employed by or acting on behalf of the Government, shall have any liability, in respect of the loss of any registered postal packet addressed to a destination outside Belize. (2) There shall be paid to the sender, or at his request to the addressee, of a registered postal packet posted in Belize and addressed to any other country of the Postal Union or posted in any other country of the Postal Union and addressed to Belize, an indemnity of ten dollars on the Minister being satisfied that such packet or any of its contents has been lost in Belize or in the maritime service thereof. (3) The Minister may enter into an arrangement with any other country of the Postal Union, whereby in the event of doubt as to the place of loss of any postal packet, such indemnity shall be paid partly by Belize and partly by the other country party to such arrangement. (4) Any reference in this section to a postal packet shall be construed as including a reference to the contents of such a