Clause 13

by deleting the marginal note and substituting the following marginal note:“Service of summons, notices, etc.”; and

by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsections:“(2) Every notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder to be served on any person other than an owner of a flat, house or building sold under the provisions of this Act, and every summons issued by a court in connection with any offence under this Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder, may be served on the person concerned —

by delivering the notice, document, order or summons to the person or to some adult member or servant of his family at his last known residence;

by leaving the notice, order, document or summons at his usual or last known residence or place of business in a cover addressed to the person;

by sending the notice, order, document or summons by registered post addressed to the person at his usual or last known residence or place of business;

where the person is a body corporate —

by delivering the notice, order, document or summons to the secretary or other like officer of the body corporate at its registered or principal office; or

by sending the notice, order, document or summons by registered post addressed to the body corporate at its registered or principal office.(3) Any notice, order, document or summons sent by registered post to any person in accordance with subsection (2) shall be deemed to be duly served on the person to whom the letter is addressed at the time when the letter would in the ordinary course of post be delivered and in proving service of the same it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the notice, order, document or summons was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post.”.