Section 160
Service of notices, etc.
of Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996
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(1)
Every notice, order, demand or document required or authorized by this Ordinance, or by any regulation or bylaw made hereunder, to be served on any person may be served—
(a)
by delivering the same to such person or by delivering the same at the last known place of abode of such person to some adult member or servant of his family;
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(b)
by leaving the same at the usual or last known place of abode or business of such person in a cover addressed to such person;
(c)
by forwarding the same by post in a prepaid letter addressed to such person at his usual or last known place of residence or business; or
(d)
by transmitting the same by facsimile transmission to the last known telefax number of that person and posting a copy thereof to the person’s last known place of residence or business.
(2)
If the document is served by post, it shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the document would be delivered in the ordinary course of post and, in proving such service, it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the document was properly addressed and put in the post.
(3)
A notice, order, demand or document required or authorized by this Ordinance, or by any regulation or bylaw made hereunder, to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises shall be deemed to be properly addressed if addressed by the description of the “owner” or “occupier” of such premises, without further name or description.
(4)
A notice, order, demand, summons or document required or authorized by this Ordinance, or by any regulation or bylaw made hereunder, to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises may be served by delivering the same, or a true copy thereof, to some adult person on the premises or, if there is no such person on the premises to whom the same can with reasonable diligence be delivered, by fixing the notice on some conspicuous part of the premises.