Singapore legislation
Section 37
of Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004
Section 37
Service of documents
(1)
Where this Act authorises or requires a document to be served on a person, whether the expression “serve”, “lodge”, “provide” or “submit” or any other expression is used, the document must be served on the person —
by delivering it to the person personally;
by leaving it during normal business hours at the person’s usual place of business;
by sending it by post or fax to the person’s usual or last known place of business;
by sending it by email to the person’s email address; or
by sending it by any other electronic method authorised by regulations made under section 41(1) for the service of documents of that kind if the person consents to service of a document of that kind in that way.
(2)
Service of a document on a person under this section takes effect —
if the document is sent to the person’s usual or last known place of business under subsection (1)(c) — when the document is received at that place;
if the document is sent by email — at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person; or
if the document is sent by any other electronic method mentioned in subsection (1)(e) — at the time that the electronic communication transmitting the document becomes capable of being retrieved by the person.
(3)
In this section, “email address” means —
the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person serving the document as the email address for the service of documents; or
the last email address of the addressee concerned known to the person serving the document.
(4)
The provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not limit or exclude, the provisions of any other law with respect to the service of documents.