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Formal Consolidation |  2000 RevEd
Service of documents
71.—(1)  Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Act, any notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act or any regulations made thereunder to be given or served on any person, and any summons issued by a court in connection with any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder may be served on the person concerned —
(a)by delivering it to the person or to some adult member or employee of his family at his last known place of residence;
(b)by leaving it at his usual or last known place of residence or place of business in a cover addressed to him;
(c)by affixing it to some conspicuous part of his last known place of residence;
(d)by sending it by registered post addressed to the person at his usual or last known place of residence or place of business; or
(e)where the person is a body corporate —
(i)by delivering it to the secretary or other like officer of the body corporate at its registered or principal office; or
(ii)by sending it by registered post addressed to the body corporate at its registered or principal office.
(2)  Any notice, order, document or summons 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 and in proving service of the same, it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the notice, order, document or summons was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 19 of 2011
Service of documents, etc.
71.—(1)  Subject to subsection (6), any decision, notice, order or document required or authorised to be given by the Authority, or served by the Authority on any person, under this Act, or under any code of practice or standard of performance, may be served —
(a)in the case of an individual —
(i)by delivering the decision, notice, order or document to the individual personally;
(ii)by leaving the decision, notice, order or document with an adult person apparently resident at the usual or last known address of the place of residence of the individual;
(iii)by leaving the decision, notice, order or document with an adult person apparently employed at the usual or last known address of the place of business of the individual;
(iv)by affixing the decision, notice, order or document in a conspicuous place at the usual or last known address of the place of residence or business of the individual;
(v)by sending the decision, notice, order or document by pre-paid registered post addressed to the individual at the usual or last known address of the place of residence or business of the individual;
(vi)by sending the decision, notice, order or document by facsimile transmission to the last facsimile transmission number of the individual given to the Authority by the individual; or
(vii)by sending an electronic communication of the decision, notice, order or document to the last electronic mail address of the individual given to the Authority by the individual;
(b)in the case of a partnership other than a limited liability partnership —
(i)by delivering the decision, notice, order or document to any one of the partners or the secretary or other like officer of the partnership;
(ii)by leaving the decision, notice, order or document at, or by sending the decision, notice, order or document by pre-paid registered post to, the principal or last known place of business of the partnership in Singapore;
(iii)by sending the decision, notice, order or document by facsimile transmission to the last facsimile transmission number of the partnership given to the Authority by the partnership; or
(iv)by sending an electronic communication of the decision, notice, order or document to the last electronic mail address of the partnership given to the Authority by the partnership; and
(c)in the case of a limited liability partnership or any other body corporate —
(i)by delivering the decision, notice, order or document to the manager of the limited liability partnership or the secretary or other like officer of the body corporate;
(ii)by leaving the decision, notice, order or document at, or by sending the decision, notice, order or document by pre-paid registered post to, the registered office or principal office of the limited liability partnership or body corporate in Singapore;
(iii)by sending the decision, notice, order or document by facsimile transmission to the last facsimile transmission number of the limited liability partnership or body corporate given to the Authority by the limited liability partnership or body corporate; or
(iv)by sending an electronic communication of the decision, notice, order or document to the last electronic mail address of the limited liability partnership or body corporate given to the Authority by the limited liability partnership or body corporate.
(2)  Where any decision, notice, order or other document required or authorised to be given by the Authority, or served by the Authority on any person, under this Act is sent by pre-paid registered post, the decision, notice, order or document shall be deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom it is addressed 2 days after the day it was posted, whether or not it is returned undelivered.
(3)  Where any decision, notice, order or other document required or authorised to be given by the Authority, or served by the Authority on any person, under this Act is sent by facsimile transmission to a facsimile transmission number in accordance with subsection (1), the decision, notice, order or document shall be deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom it is addressed on the day of the transmission, subject to the receipt on the sending facsimile machine of a notification (by electronic or other means) of a successful transmission to the facsimile machine for that facsimile transmission number.
(4)  Where any decision, notice, order or other document required or authorised to be given by the Authority, or served by the Authority on any person, under this Act is sent by electronic communication to an electronic mail address in accordance with subsection (1), the decision, notice, order or document shall be deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom it is addressed at the time the electronic communication enters the information system for that electronic mail address.
(5)  Service of any decision, notice, order or other document under this Act may be effected on a person by electronic communication only if the person gives as part of his address for service an electronic mail address.
(6)  This section shall not apply to notices and documents to be served in proceedings in court.
[Act 19 of 2011 wef 01/02/2012]