PART I
PRELIMINARY


Service of notices, orders and documents
3. —(1) Any notice, order or document (other than a summons or a notice to attend court issued under this Code) required or permitted to be served on a person under this Code may be served on that person —

(a) by delivering it personally to that person;

(b) by addressing it to that person and delivering it at the last known residential address of that person to an adult person who is a member of his family;

(c) by addressing it to that person and delivering it at the last known business address of that person to his employee or by addressing it to his advocate (if any) and delivering it to the advocate at the advocate’s office;

(d) by sending it by registered post addressed to that person at his last known residential or business address, or sending it by registered post addressed to his advocate (if any) at the advocate’s office;

(e) by addressing it to that person and transmitting it by facsimile to his last known facsimile number, or addressing it to his advocate (if any) and transmitting it by facsimile to the advocate’s office facsimile number;

(f) by leaving it at his last known residential or business address, if service cannot be effected under paragraphs (a) to (e);

(g) in the case of a body corporate or a limited liability partnership —

(i) by delivering it to the director, manager or secretary, or other like officer of the body corporate or limited liability partnership, at its registered office or principal place of business;
(ii) by delivering it to the advocate (if any) of the body corporate or limited liability partnership at the advocate’s office;
(iii) by sending it by registered post addressed to the body corporate or limited liability partnership at the registered office or principal place of business of the body corporate or limited liability partnership;
(iv) by sending it by registered post addressed to the advocate (if any) of the body corporate or limited liability partnership at the advocate’s office;
(v) by addressing it to that body corporate or limited liability partnership and transmitting it to the last known facsimile number of the body corporate or limited liability partnership; or
(vi) by addressing it to the advocate (if any) of the body corporate or limited liability partnership and transmitting it by facsimile to the advocate’s office facsimile number;

(h) in the case of a partnership other than a limited liability partnership —

(i) by delivering it to any one of the partners or the secretary, or other like officer of the partnership, at its registered office or principal place of business;
(ii) by delivering it to the advocate (if any) of the partnership at the advocate’s office;
(iii)by sending it by registered post addressed to the partnership at the registered office or principal place of business of the partnership;
(iv)by sending it by registered post addressed to the advocate (if any) of the partnership at the advocate’s office;
(v)by addressing it to that partnership and transmitting it to the last known facsimile number of the partnership; or
(vi)by addressing it to the advocate (if any) of the partnership and transmitting it by facsimile to the advocate’s office facsimile number;

(i)in the case of an unincorporated association —

(i) by delivering it to the president, the secretary or any member of the committee of the unincorporated association, or any person holding a position analogous to that of the president, secretary or member of the committee, at the address of the unincorporated association;
(ii) by delivering it to the advocate (if any) of the unincorporated association at the advocate’s office;
(iii) by sending it by registered post addressed to the unincorporated association at the address of the unincorporated association;
(iv) by sending it by registered post addressed to the advocate (if any) of the unincorporated association at the advocate’s office;
(v) by addressing it to that unincorporated association and transmitting it to the last known facsimile number of the unincorporated association; or
(vi) by addressing it to the advocate (if any) of the unincorporated association and transmitting it by facsimile to the advocate’s office facsimile number; or

(j) by any other prescribed method.

(2) In the case of service under subsection (1)(a), the person to whom the notice, order or document is served must, if so required by the serving officer, acknowledge its receipt by signing on an acknowledgment slip.

(3) In the case of service under subsection (1)(b) and (c), the family member or employee to whom the notice, order or document is delivered must, if so required by the serving officer, acknowledge its receipt by signing on an acknowledgment slip and writing down his name, age, identity card or passport number, contact details and relationship to the person on whom the notice, order or document is intended to be served.

(4) In the case of service under subsection (1)(g)(i), (h)(i) and (i)(i), the person to whom the notice, order or document is delivered must, if so required by the serving officer, acknowledge its receipt by signing on an acknowledgment slip and writing down his name, age, identity card or passport number, contact details and position in the body corporate, limited liability partnership, partnership or unincorporated association, as the case may be, on which the notice, order or document is intended to be served.

(5) A reference in this Code to service by registered post is a reference to a postal service that records the posting and delivery of mail by the Postal Authority or public postal licensee.

(6) When a notice, order or document is served under this section, an affidavit of such service purporting to be made by the process server before an officer authorised to administer an oath shall be admissible in evidence.