Section 24

in paragraph (1)(b), by deleting the word “or” at the end of the paragraph;

in paragraph (1)(c), by substituting for the full stop at the end of the paragraph the words “; or”;

by inserting after paragraph (1)(c) the following paragraph:

“(d)  by forwarding the document to the person by electronic means.”; and

by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

“(3) Where a document is served by post in a prepaid letter, such document shall be deemed to have been served on the succeeding day on which the document would have been received, in the ordinary course of post.

Where the person to whom a document is served by post in a prepaid letter is informed of the fact that there is a prepaid letter awaiting him at a post office, and such person refuses or neglects to take delivery of such prepaid letter, such document shall be deemed to have been served upon him on the date on which he was so informed.”.

Amendment of section 251