Service of notice, etc.
54.—(1)  Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Act, any notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act to be given to or served on any person may be given to or served on the person —
(a)by delivering it to the person or to some adult member or employee of his family or household at his last known place of residence;
(b)by leaving it at his usual or last known place of residence or business in an envelope addressed to him;
(c)by sending it by registered post addressed to the person at his usual or last known place of residence or business; or
(d)in the case of a body corporate, a partnership or a body of persons —
(i)by delivering it to the secretary or other like officer of the body corporate, partnership or body of persons at its registered office or principal place of business; or
(ii)by sending it by registered post addressed to the body corporate, partnership or body of persons at its registered office or principal place of business.
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(2)  Any notice, order or document sent by registered post to any person in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed to be duly served on the person to whom the letter is addressed at the time when the letter would, in the ordinary course of post, be delivered.
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(3)  When proving service of the notice, order or document, it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the notice, order or document was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post.
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