Clause 30

Every Town Council must —

ensure that notice of each of the following is given to the Minister:

an address for the service of notices or documents;

a fax number for the service of notices or documents by fax;

an email address for the service of notices or documents by email; and

cause to be constructed and maintained a receptacle suitable for the receipt of mail and other documents with the name of the Town Council clearly shown on the receptacle, at the address in paragraph (a)(i).(2) A Town Council may from time to time change any address or fax number, as given to the Minister under subsection (1)(a), for the service of notices or documents on the Town Council.(3) Where a Town Council has, under subsection (2), decided to change the address or fax number for the service of notices or documents on it, the Town Council must, within 7 days after deciding —

notify the Minister of the change and the effective date of the change; and

cause to be published (at the Town Council’s cost), before the change takes effect, a notice about the new address or fax number for service of notices or documents on the Town Council and the effective date of the change, in a manner as will secure adequate publicity for the change.Service of documents and notices, etc.56B.—

A 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 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 prepaid registered 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 document in a conspicuous place at the individual’s residential address or business address;

by sending it by fax to the fax number last known to the person giving or serving the document as the fax number for the service of documents on the individual; or

by sending it by email to the last email address.(3) 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 or other like officer of the partnership;

by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the partnership’s business address;

by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the partnership’s business address; or

by sending it by email to the partnership’s last email address.(4) Subject to subsection (5), a document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership but not a Town Council) or an unincorporated association may be served —

by giving it to the secretary or other like officer of the body corporate or unincorporated association, or the limited liability partnership’s manager;

by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the registered office or principal office in Singapore of the body corporate or unincorporated association;

by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the registered office or principal office in Singapore of the body corporate or unincorporated association; or

by sending it by email to the last email address of the body corporate or unincorporated association.(5) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a Town Council may be served —

by leaving it with the chairman of, or secretary to, the Town Council or in the receptacle provided by the Town Council under section 56A(1)(b);

by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the Town Council at the last address notified to the Minister under section 56A(1) or (3);

by sending it by fax to the last fax number notified to the Minister under section 56A(1) or (3); or

by sending it by email to the last email address of the Town Council notified to the Minister under section 56A(1) or (3).(6) Service of a document under this section takes effect —

if the document is sent by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of transmission;

if the document is sent by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person to whom it is addressed; or

if the document is sent by prepaid registered post, 2 days after the day the document was posted (even if it is returned undelivered).(7) This section does not apply to —

a document to be served in proceedings in court;

a written demand under section 39(6); or

a notice of sale under section 24F(6) or 44(4).(8) In this section —“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;“last email address” means —

the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving the document as the email address for the service of documents under this Act; or

the last email address of the addressee concerned known to the person giving or serving the document;“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore.”.