Singapore legislation
Regulation 20
Regulation 20
Service of documents, etc.
Subregulation 1
This regulation does not apply to any document or notice for any proceedings in a tribunal or court.
Subregulation 2
Subject to paragraph (1), a document or notice required or allowed under the Act or these Regulations to be served on or given to any person may be served or given in the manner described in paragraphs (3) to (6).
Subregulation 3
A document or notice required or allowed under the Act or these Regulations to be served on or given to an individual may be served or given —
by delivering 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, to 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 it 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 serving or giving it as the fax number for the service of documents on, or giving of notices to, the individual; or
by sending it by email to the individual’s last email address.
Subregulation 4
A document or notice required or allowed under the Act or these Regulations to be served on or given to a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) may be served or given —
by delivering it to any partner, secretary or other like officer of the partnership;
by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the business address of the partnership;
by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the business address of the partnership; or
by sending it by email to the last email address of the partnership.
Subregulation 5
A document or notice required or allowed under the Act or these Regulations to be served on or given to a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) or an unincorporated association may be served or given —
by delivering it to the secretary or other like officer of the body corporate or the unincorporated association, or the manager of the limited liability partnership, as the case may be;
by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the registered office or principal office of the body corporate or unincorporated association;
by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the registered office or principal office 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.
Subregulation 6
The service of a document, or giving of a notice, under paragraph (3), (4) or (5) takes effect —
if the document or notice is sent or given by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of transmission;
if the document or notice is sent or given by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person to whom it is addressed; and
if the document or notice is sent or given by prepaid registered post, 2 days after the day the document was posted (even if the document is returned undelivered).
Subregulation 7
In this regulation —
Definition
“business address” means —
in the case of an individual, the individual’s usual or last known place of business; or
in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), the principal or last known place of business of the partnership;
Definition
“last email address” means —
the last email address given by the addressee concerned, to the person serving the document or giving the notice, as the email address for the service of documents or the giving of notices; or
the last email address of the addressee concerned known to the person serving the document or giving the notice;
Definition
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence.