METHOD OF SERVING DOCUMENTS

METHOD OF SERVING DOCUMENTS.—

1. (1) Where any notice or other document is required by this Act or any rule, bye-law, regulation or order made thereunder to be served on, or sent to, any person, the service or sending thereof may be effected-
   • (a) by giving or tendering the said document to such person; or
   • (b) if such person is not found, by leaving such document at his last known place of abode or business or by giving or tendering the same to some adult member or servant of his family; or
   • (c) if such person's address elsewhere is known to the Secretary, by sending the same to him by registered post; or
   • (d) if none of the means aforesaid be available, by affixing the same in some conspicuous part of such last known place of abode or business.
2. (2) Where the person is an owner or occupier of any building or land, it shall not be necessary to name the owner or occupier in the document, and in the case of joint owners and occupiers it shall be sufficient to serve it on or send it to, one of such owners or occupiers.
3. (3) Where in any bill, notice, form, or other document served or sent under this Act, a period is fixed within which any tax or other sum is to be paid or any work to be executed, or anything to be provided, such period shall, in the absence of any provision to the contrary, be calculated from the date of such service or sending.