Section 8 in The Post Office Savings Bank General Rules, 1981
8. Pass Book.
(1)On opening an account the depositor shall be given a passbook bearing the number of his account, his name, his address and entry of his first deposit duly initialled by an authorised official of the Post Office Savings Bank.(2)It shall be the responsibility of the depositor to keep the passbook in safe custody.(3)If the passbook is lost, stolen, destroyed or spoilt while in custody of the depositor, be shall be issued a duplicate passbook on his paying a fee of ten rupees and on completion of such enquiries as the Post Office Savings Bank may consider necessary and no such fee shall be charged if the Head Postmaster is satisfied that the circumstances in which the passbook was lost, stolen, destroyed or spoilt were beyond the control of the depositor.(4)The passbook shall ordinarily be presented for all withdrawals and deposits, other than those made by a cheque, and in case where a deposit or withdrawal is made without production of passbook, the passbook shall be presented to the Post Office Savings Bank as soon as possible thereafter for bringing it up-to-date.(5)When the passbook is returned duly completed, the depositor shall bring the errors or omissions therein, if any, to the notice of the Post Office Savings Bank forthwith and in the event of the depositor"s failure to do so, the Post Office Savings Bank shall not be responsible for any loss arising from such errors or omissions.(6)The passbook shall, as far as possible, be collected from the Post Office Savings Bank by the depositor on the same day on which it is presented to it under sub-rule (4) and where for any reason, the passbook cannot be returned on the same day, the Post Office Savings Bank shall issue a receipt in lieu thereof and such receipt shall be surrendered by the depositor at the time of collecting the passbook on a subsequent date.(7)The Post Office Savings Bank shall not be responsible for any entries in the pass book not authenticated under the initials of authorized official.
