7.—(1) Where the Act or these Rules authorise or require any document to be given or sent to, filed with or served on the Registrar or the Registry, the giving, sending, filing or service must be effected on the Registrar or the Registry (as the case may be) by sending an electronic communication of the document using the electronic online system.
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(2) Where the Act or these Rules authorise or require a party to give or send a document to, or serve a document on, another party (other than the Registrar or Registry), the giving, sending or service may be effected —
(a)
by post;
(b)
by hand;
(c)
by courier; or
(d)
subject to paragraph (3B), by sending an electronic communication of the document by any electronic means.
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(3) Where the Act or these Rules authorise or require any notice or other document to be given or sent to or served on any party by the Registrar or Registry, the Registrar or Registry may effect the giving, sending or service on the party —
(a)
by sending the notice or other document by post;
(b)
by sending an electronic communication of the notice or other document using the electronic online system or, subject to paragraph (3B), any other electronic means;
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(c)
by hand; or
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(d)
by courier.
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(3A) Subject to paragraph (3B), the Registrar may, in a particular case, permit the giving, sending, filing or serving of a document in a manner other than provided by paragraph (1) or (2).
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(3B) However, the use of electronic means under paragraph (2)(d), (3)(b) or (3A), other than the use of the electronic online system, must be with the consent (express or implied) of —
(a)
the party; or
(b)
the Registrar or the Registry,
to whom the notice or other document is being given or sent, filed with or served by those means.
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(4) Where any notice or other document is sent by post under paragraph (2) or (3), the giving, sending or service, as the case may be, of the notice or other document shall, until the contrary is proved, be treated as having been effected at the time at which the notice or document would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.
(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), a notice or other document is sent to a party by post if the notice or other document is sent by pre-paid post to the party at his address for service referred to in rule 9 or 10.
(6) [Deleted by S 433/2020 wef 05/06/2020]
(6A) Notwithstanding the availability of an address for service filed in accordance with rule 9, where any notice or other document is given, sent, filed or served by sending an electronic communication in the manner permitted by paragraph (2)(d), (3)(b) or (3A), it shall be taken to have been duly given, sent to or served on the person.
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(6B) [Deleted by S 743/2014 wef 13/11/2014]
(7) [Deleted by S 433/2020 wef 05/06/2020]
(8) This rule shall not apply to notices and documents to be served in proceedings in court.