The order is sent as a rule by return of post, but in any case soon enough for the repayment to take place within the limit named by the Law of May 22nd 1882:—upon notice of sums between 10 and 100 florins within 15 days, upon notice of sums between 100 and 500 florins at the latest within a month, and finally, upon notice of sums over 500 florins, at the latest within two months of the arrival of the notice at the Post Office Savings Bank.
On delivery of this order, the Depositor, in the presence of the Post Office Official, putting his signature in receipt to the Payment Order, and on producing the deposit-book, in which the sum paid back will be entered by the Post Office official and deducted from the sum total of the balance, the repayment to the depositor will follow at the pay-counter.
The Depositor can authorise any person he pleases to receive payment of a sum thus withdrawn by notice. If he possesses a watchword he needs only to duly fill in the form, No 15 (authorisation) and to give or send it by the person authorised with the deposit-book and the payment-order. On this person presenting the authorisation and signing the payment-order, and at the same time presenting the deposit book, the sum will be paid.
But the Depositor can in like manner also request in the Notice that the payment-order be sent to the person he has authorised to receive it and whose address he has given. Then the Depositor sends the deposit-book together with the authorisation to the person he thus authorises to receive the payment. But for payment of the sum the person thus authorised must, if not personally known to the post office officials, produce a document for his identification or establish his identity by bringing with him a witness.
For authorisation without the watchword, the legalisation of the signature of the withdrawer, either in a law court or by a notary is requisite.
9.—Repayments without delay.
But also without having to send a previous notice to the Post Office Savings Bank, a Depositor (Payer) can at once at any post office obtain repayments of sums from 1 to 20 florins.
Repayments can be made without delay on producing the notice drawn out according to the regulations together with the last acknowledgment of receipt or abstract of the credit account with at the same time an entry of the sum in the deposit-book.
Repayments made without delay are not allowed on authorisations, also the whole balance of the depositor's account cannot thus be withdrawn, but a sum of at least 50 kreutzers must remain in the book. This sum as well as the interest can then in the usual way be withdrawn by notice.