Malaysia legislation
Section 23
Section 23
Service of notices and orders
Act may be served in manner following, and such service shall be equivalent to personal service upon the person on whom service is to be effected:
(a)
if the person on whom service is to be effected be within such State, the notice or order may be delivered to him or left with some adult member of his family (other than a servant) residing with him within such State;
(b)
if the person on whom service is to be effected has an agent within such State duly authorized by power of attorney to accept service on his behalf, the notice or order may be delivered to such agent;
(c)
if service cannot be effected in the manner described in paragraph (a) or (b), the notice or order may be sent by registered post addressed to the person on whom service is to be effected at his address in any part of Malaysia;
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(d)
where service is to be effected on a corporation, the notice or order may be—
(i)
left at the registered office (if any) of the corporation within such State;
(ii)
delivered to any director, secretary or other principal officer of the corporation within such State, or to any person within such State duly authorized by power of attorney to accept service on behalf of the corporation, or to any person having, on behalf of the corporation, powers of control or management over the land to which the notice or order relates;
or
(iii)
sent by registered post addressed to the corporation at its principal office wherever situate; or
(e)
if service cannot be effected in accordance with the preceding paragraphs of this section, the notice or order may be put up in a conspicuous position on the land to which it relates.
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