Enlistment Act 1970 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Miscellaneous Provisions
30. Orders, notices, permits and appointments
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Orders, notices, permits and appointments issued or made under this Act may be of a general nature or may refer to a class of persons or to one person or to any number of persons.
An order or notice issued or made under this Act may be served on any person —Personal delivery and telephone conversation(a)by delivering it personally, or reading the contents of the order or notice over the telephone personally, to that person;Publication in newspapers and Gazette(b)by publishing it in the daily newspapers circulating in Singapore in all the official languages or in the Gazette;Broadcast over radio and television(c)by broadcasting it over the radio and television in the prescribed manner;Public-address system or siren(d)by audible signals given in the prescribed manner over a public‑address system or through a siren where such signals are audible from the usual or last known place of residence, business and employment of the person to be served;Registered post(e)by sending it by registered post to the person to be served at the usual or last known place of residence or business of that person;Delivery to member of family or household at residence(f)by leaving it at the usual or last known place of residence of the person to be served with a member of his family or household who is apparently above the age of 16 years and apparently residing at that place;Telephone conversation with member of family or household(g)by reading the contents of the order or notice over the telephone to a member of the family or household of the person to be served who is apparently above the age of 16 years and apparently residing at the usual or last known place of residence of the person to be served;Delivery to employee or person in charge of working place(h)by leaving it at the usual or last known place of business or employment of the person to be served with a person apparently above the age of 16 years and apparently in charge of or employed at that place;Telephone conversation with employee or person in charge of working place(i)by reading the contents of the order or notice over the telephone to a person apparently above the age of 16 years and apparently in charge of or is employed at the usual or last known place of business or employment of the person to be served;Short message service(j)by sending it by short message service to the mobile telephone number of the person to be served;Facsimile transmission and other means of telecommunication(k)by sending it by facsimile transmission or any other prescribed means of telecommunication to the person to be served at the usual or last known place of residence, business or employment of that person where there is an acknowledgment by electronic or any other means to the effect that the order or notice has been received at that place;Email(l)subject to subsection (2A), by sending it by email to the last email address given to the proper authority by the person to be served as the email address for the service of orders or notices issued or made under this Act;Electronic service platform(m)subject to subsection (2A), by serving it to the account assigned to the person to be served and notifying the person of this fact by a message sent by short message service to the mobile telephone number of the person to be served;Other means of service(n)subject to subsection (2A), by sending an electronic notice to the person to be served by the person’s chosen means of notification, stating that the order or notice is available and how the person may use the person’s chosen means of access to access the contents of the order or notice; or
by any other method authorised by regulations made under this Act for the service of orders or notices of that kind if the person to be served consents to service of an order or notice of that kind in that way.
Service of any order or notice under this Act on a person under subsection (2)(l), (m) and (n) may be effected only with the person’s prior consent to service in that way.
Where an order or notice is served on any person under —
subsection (2)(b), it shall be deemed to have been read by the person to whom it applies by noon on the day following the date of publication;
subsection (2)(c) or (d), it shall be deemed to have been seen or heard by the person to whom it applies on the expiry of 6 hours from the commencement of the first broadcast or audible signal, as the case may be;
subsection (2)(e), it shall be deemed to have been received and read by the person to whom it applies on the expiry of 48 hours from the time at which it was delivered to the post office for despatch;
subsection (2)(f) or (g), it shall be deemed to have been conveyed or read to the person to whom it applies at the time of delivery or telephone conversation, as the case may be;
subsection (2)(h) or (i), it shall be —
presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been conveyed or read to the person to whom it applies at the time of delivery or telephone conversation, as the case may be; and
deemed to have been conveyed or read to the person to whom it applies on the expiry of 6 hours from the time of delivery or telephone conversation, as the case may be; (f)subsection (2)(j) or (k), it shall be —
presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been received and read or heard by the person to whom it applies at the time of the first transmission; and
deemed to have been received and read or heard by the person to whom it applies on the expiry of 6 hours from the time of the first transmission;
subsection (2)(l), it shall be —
presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been received and read or heard by the person to whom it applies at the time the email is capable of being retrieved by the person; and
deemed to have been received and read or heard by the person to whom it applies on the expiry of 6 hours from the time the email is capable of being retrieved by the person;
subsection (2)(m), it shall be —
presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been received and read or heard by the person to whom it applies at the time the contents of the order or notice are capable of being accessed by the person through the electronic service platform, and the message notifying the person that the order or notice has been served to the person’s account on the electronic service platform has been sent by short message service to the person’s mobile telephone number; and
deemed to have been received and read or heard by the person to whom it applies on the expiry of 6 hours from the time the contents of the order or notice are capable of being accessed by the person through the electronic service platform, and the message notifying the person that the order or notice has been served to the person’s account on the electronic service platform has been sent by short message service to the person’s mobile telephone number; or
subsection (2)(n), it shall be —
presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been received and read or heard by the person to whom it applies at the time the electronic notice is capable of being retrieved by the person by the person’s chosen means of notification, and the contents of the order or notice are capable of being accessed by the person by the person’s chosen means of access; and
deemed to have been received and read or heard by the person to whom it applies on the expiry of 6 hours from the time the electronic notice is capable of being retrieved by the person by the person’s chosen means of notification, and the contents of the order or notice are capable of being accessed by the person by the person’s chosen means of access.
An order or notice issued under this Act shall remain in force until it is complied with or revoked and a person not complying with such an order or notice at the specified time shall be liable to comply with it as soon as possible.
An order, notice, permit or appointment, issued or made under this Act, may be subject to conditions and may be revoked at any time.
Where a person has under subsection (3) been deemed to have knowledge of an order or notice issued under this Act, ignorance of the fact that the order or notice has been duly served on him under subsection (2) shall not be an excuse for failing to comply with that order or notice.
This section does not apply to documents to be served in proceedings in court.
In this section —
“account assigned to the person to be served” means the account (on the relevant electronic service platform) assigned under section 30A(2) by the proper authority to the person to be served;
“chosen means of access”, for a person on whom is or is to be served an order or notice issued or made under this Act, means an electronic means that the person agrees with the proper authority as the means by which the person may access the contents of that order or notice;
“chosen means of notification”, for a person on whom is or is to be served an order or notice issued or made under this Act, means an electronic means that the person nominates to the proper authority as the means by which the person may be notified that such an order or notice has been served on the person;
“mobile telephone number” means the last mobile telephone number given (in accordance with a legal requirement under this Act) to the proper authority by the person to be served, and which the person has acknowledged may be used by the proper authority for the service of any order or notice issued or made under this Act.