Service of documents
10.—(1)  If a document —
(a)other than a document which is required by the Code to be served personally; or
(b)being a document which is required by the Code to be served personally, and which the party upon whom it is to be served has agreed may be served using the electronic filing service,
is required under any other provision of the Code to be served, delivered or conveyed by a person to any other person, and that other person is an authorised user or an authorised agent, or is represented by an advocate and solicitor who is an authorised user or an authorised agent, such service may be effected by using the electronic filing service by electronic transmission.
(2)  For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), a party who has instructed his advocate and solicitor to accept service of a document which is required by the Code to be served personally shall be deemed to have agreed to be served using the electronic filing service.
(3)  Where a document is filed, served, delivered or conveyed by electronic transmission from the computer system of an authorised user or an authorised agent, the document shall be deemed to be so filed, served, delivered or conveyed on the date and at the time that the first part of the transmission from the authorised user or authorised agent is received in the computer system of the court.
(4)  The authorised user or authorised agent filing, serving, delivering or conveying the document may produce the confirmation receipt which includes the date and time of the filing, service, delivery or conveyance as evidence of the filing, service, delivery or conveyance as well as the date and time of such filing, service, delivery or conveyance.
(5)  Where a document has to be served, delivered or conveyed to 2 or more persons, the authorised user or authorised agent serving, delivering or conveying the document may effect such service, delivery or conveyance using the electronic filing service on such of those persons who are authorised users or authorised agents, and paragraphs (1) to (4) shall apply with such modifications as are necessary.
(6)  Any document which is served, delivered or conveyed by an authorised user to a person through the electronic filing service using an identification code shall be deemed to have been so served, delivered or conveyed by the authorised user and with his intention to do so.
(7)  Any document which is served, delivered or conveyed by an authorised agent of an authorised user to a person through the electronic filing service using an identification code shall be deemed to have been so served, delivered or conveyed —
(a)on behalf and with the authority of the authorised user; and
(b)with the intention of that authorised user to do so.
(8)  For the avoidance of doubt, any document which is served, delivered or conveyed to a person using an identification code in compliance with the security procedures of the electronic filing service shall be treated as a secure electronic record within the meaning of the Electronic Transactions Act (Cap. 88).