25.—(1) Any notice required to be given to any person under the Act or these Regulations may be —
(a)
delivered personally at his last known address;
(b)
left at or sent to him by ordinary post to his last known address; or
(c)
sent to him by facsimile or, with his consent, electronic mail.
[S 537/2008 wef 01/11/2008]
(2) Where the Act or these Regulations require the Commission to give any notice to any person and —
(a)
the Commission has taken the steps referred to in paragraph (1) to give notice to such person but has been unable to give such notice or in the Commission’s opinion there is doubt that it has been able to give such notice; or
(b)
the Commission is of the view that none of the steps referred to in paragraph (1), if taken, would give the required notice to such person,
the Commission may, instead, take one or both of the steps specified in paragraph (3).
[S 537/2008 wef 01/11/2008]
(3) The steps specified for the purposes of paragraph (2) are as follows:
(a)
publish a summary of the notice by means of entry in the register maintained by the Commission under regulation 30; and
(b)
cause a reference to the summary of the notice published in that register to be published in at least one national daily newspaper.
(4) Except where paragraph (2) applies, where the Act or these Regulations allow or require notice to be given to a person, such notice shall be treated as if it had been received by or served on that person —
(a)
in the case of personal delivery, on the day of delivery;
(b)
when left at the last known address, on the day of leaving;
(c)
when sent by ordinary post, on the working day after the day on which it was posted;
(d)
in the case of a facsimile transmitted on a working day before 5 p.m., on that day or in any other case on the working day after the day on which it is transmitted; or
(e)
in the case of electronic mail or similar means, on the working day after the day on which it is transmitted.
[S 537/2008 wef 01/11/2008]
(5) Where paragraph (2) applies, the notice shall be treated as having been given on the date of its publication in accordance with paragraph (3)(a) and (b).
(6) Any notice given under the Act or these Regulations shall be in writing.