Malaysia legislation
Section 13
Section 13
Amendment of section 145
Section 145 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for subsections (3) and (4) the following subsections:
“(3) Where a person to whom there has been addressed a registered letter containing a notice under this Act—
(a)
is informed that there is a registered letter awaiting him at a post office but refuses or neglects to take delivery of the letter; or
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(b)
refuses to accept delivery of that registered letter when tendered, the notice shall be deemed to have been served upon him on the date on which he was informed that the letter was awaiting him or on which the letter was tendered to him, as the case may be.
(4)
For the purposes of subsection (3) an affidavit by the officer in charge of a post office stating that to the best of his knowledge and belief—
(a)
there has been delivered to the address appearing on a registered letter a post office notification informing the addressee that there is a registered letter awaiting him; or
(b)
there has been tendered for delivery to the addressee a registered letter, shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence that the addressee has been so informed or that that registered letter has been tendered to him, as the case may be.”.
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