Singapore legislation

Clause 9

of Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill

Clause 9

New section 32B

The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 32A, the following section:“Service of summons, notices, etc.32B.—

(1)

Any notice, order, direction or document required or authorised by this Act or any regulations made thereunder to be given or served on any person, and any summons issued by a court in connection with any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder, may be served on the person —

(a)

by delivering it to him or to some adult member or employee of his family at his last known place of residence; (b)by leaving it at his usual or last known place of residence or business in an envelope addressed to him;

(c)

by affixing it to some conspicuous part of his last known place of residence;

(d)

by sending it by registered post addressed to him at his usual or last known place of residence or business; or

(e)

where the person to be served is a body corporate —

(i)

by delivering it to the secretary or other like officer of the body corporate at its registered or principal office; or

(ii)

by sending it by registered post addressed to the body corporate at its registered or principal office.(2) Any notice, order, direction, document or summons sent by registered post to any person in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed to be duly served on the person at the time when the notice, order, direction, document or summons would, in the ordinary course of post, be delivered and in proving service of the notice, order, direction, document or summons, it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the same was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post.”.

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