Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Amendment of section 87
Section 87 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting paragraph (d) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(d)where the person has given his consent for it to be served on him through the electronic service, by transmitting an electronic record of it to his account with the electronic service.”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) Where a person has given his consent for a notice to be served on him through the electronic service, the notice shall be deemed to have been served at the time when an electronic record of the notice enters his account with the electronic service.”;
by deleting the words “Except for a notice served by electronic transmission in accordance with section 42,” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (7),”;
by deleting the words “Any notice” in subsection (6) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (7), any notice”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (6), the following subsection:“(7) Where any person has given his consent for any notice referred to in subsection (4) or (6) to be served on him through the electronic service, the notice need not be signed if it is served on him by transmitting an electronic record of the notice to his account with the electronic service.”.