Singapore legislation
Clause 64
Clause 64
Service of summons, etc.
(1)
Despite the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68), a summons, and any other document that is permitted or required by this Act to be served on a person, may be served as described in this section.
(2)
A summons, or a document permitted or required by this Act to be served on an individual may be served —
by giving it to the individual personally;
by sending it by post to the address specified by the individual for the service of documents or, if no address is so specified, the individual’s residential address or business address;
by leaving it at the individual’s residential address with an adult apparently resident there, or at the individual’s business address with an adult apparently employed there;
by affixing a copy of the summons in a conspicuous place at the individual’s residential address or business address; or
where the individual’s residential address or business address cannot, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained, by publishing the summons in the Gazette.
(3)
A summons, or a document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) may be served —
by giving it to any partner, secretary or other like officer of the partnership;
by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to, the partnership’s business address; or
where the partnership’s business address cannot, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained, by publishing the summons in the Gazette.
(4)
A summons, or a document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) may be served —
by giving it to the body corporate’s secretary or other like officer, or the limited liability partnership’s manager;
by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to, the body corporate’s registered office or principal office in Singapore; or
where the body corporate’s registered office or principal office cannot, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained, by publishing the summons in the Gazette.
(5)
Service of a summons or a document sent by post under subsection (2), (3) or (4) takes effect 2 days (not including any Sunday or public holiday) after the day the summons or document (as the case may be) was posted (even if it is returned undelivered).
(6)
When in any proceedings before any court it is necessary to prove that any authorised officer or public path warden has sent or served, or has received or has not received, any document, notice or other thing, a certificate purporting to be signed by the authorised officer or public path warden, as the case may be, and certifying the sending, service, reception or non‑reception, as the case may be, of the document, notice or other thing, is admissible as evidence, and constitutes prima facie proof of the facts certified in the certificate, without proof of the signature of that certificate.
(7)
In this section —
Definition
“business address” means —
in the case of an individual, the individual’s usual or last known place of business in Singapore; or
in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), the partnership’s principal or last known place of business in Singapore;
Definition
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore;
Definition
“summons” means a summons against a person for any offence under this Act.