Service of notice etc

Service of notice etc.

1. (1) All notices, orders and other documents required by this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder to be served upon any person shall, save as otherwise provided in this Act or such rule or regulation, be deemed to be duly served—
   • (a) where the person to be served is a company, if the document is addressed to the secretary of the company at its registered office or at its principal office or place of business and is either—
     • (i) sent by registered post, or
     • (ii) delivered at the registered office or at the principal office or place of business of the company;
   • (b) where the person to be served is a partnership firm, if the document is addressed to the partnership firm at its principal place of business, identifying it by the name or style under which its business is carried on, and is either—
     • (i) sent by registered post, or
     • (ii) delivered at the said place of business;
   • (c) where the person to be served is a public body, or a corporation, society or other like body, if the document is addressed to the secretary, manager or other principal officer of that body at its principal office and is either—
     • (i) sent by registered post, or
     • (ii) delivered at that office;
   • (d) in any other case, if the document is addressed to the person to be served and—
     • (i) is given or tendered to him, or
     • (ii) if such person cannot be found, is affixed on some conspicuous part of his last known place of residence or business, if within the periphery, or is given or tendered to some adult member of his family or is affixed on some conspicuous part of the land or building to which it relates, or
     • (iii) is sent by registered post to such person.
2. (2) Any document which is required or authorised to be served on the owner or occupier of any land or building may be addressed "the owner" or "the occupier" as the case may be, of that land or building (naming that land or building) without further name or description, and shall be deemed to be duly served—
   • (a) if the document so addressed is sent or delivered in accordance with clause
   • (d) of sub-section (1), or
   • (b) if the document so addressed or a copy thereof so addressed is delivered to some person on the land or building or where there is no person on the land or building to whom it can be delivered, is affixed to some conspicuous part of the land or building.