Publication and service of orders

(1) Save as otherwise provided by or under this Act, every order made under this Act shall— (a) if it is an order of a general nature or affecting a class of persons, be published in such manner as may, in the opinion of the authority making it, be best adopted for informing the persons affected by the order; (b) if it is an order affecting a corporation or a firm be served in the manner provided for service of summons in Rule 2 of Order V or in Rule 3 of Order XXX, as the case may be, in the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; (c) if it is an order affecting an individual person other than a corporation or a firm be served on the person— (i) personally, by delivering or tendering to him the order, or (ii) by post, or (iii) where the person cannot be found by leaving an authentic copy of the order with some adult male member of the family, or (iv) by affixing such copy to some conspicuous part of the permises in whicli he is knawn to have last resided or carried on business or worked for gain. (2) Where the question arises whether a person was duly informed of an order made in pursuance of this Act, compliance with the requirements of sub-section (1) shall be conclusive proof that he was so informed, but failure to comply with the said requirements shall not preclude proof by other means that he was so informed or affected the validity of the order.