Section 32: Responsibility of postmasters

(1) A postmaster shall be responsible for-
(a) the due performance of the duties of the revenue of the post office; and
(b) the safekeeping of all monies and other property of the post office coming into the custody of the post office.
(2) A postmaster shall keep all monies collected at a post office or which may come into the custody of a post office without-
(a) loaning;
(b) using;
(c) depositing in an unauthorised bank;
(d)
or exchanging for other fund,
until it is required by order or regulation of the Postmaster-General.
(3) A postmaster at an office in a town or village where there is no designated depository may make temporary deposits in his official capacity of money in his custody in a bank within the nearest distance of his post office.