Singapore legislation
Regulation 27
of Legal Profession (Representation in Singapore International Commercial Court) Rules 2014
Regulation 27
Service of letters, notices and documents
Subregulation 1
Service of any letter, notice or document on the foreign lawyer or law expert may be effected by —
serving the letter, notice or document personally on the foreign lawyer or law expert;
leaving the letter, notice or document in an envelope addressed to the foreign lawyer or law expert at the address for service of the foreign lawyer or law expert;
sending the letter, notice or document by registered or ordinary post to the foreign lawyer or law expert at the address for service of the foreign lawyer or law expert;
serving the letter, notice or document on the solicitor (if any) of the foreign lawyer or law expert; or
sending an electronic copy of the letter, notice or document by electronic mail to the electronic mail address of the foreign lawyer provided under rule 5(1), 6(1), 7(1), 8(1) or 12(4), or to the electronic mail address of the law expert provided under rule 12B(1), 12C(1) or 12G(3).
Subregulation 2
When the secretary or the Secretariat serves any letter, notice or document on the foreign lawyer or law expert in accordance with paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), such service is to be treated as good and sufficient service of the letter, notice or document on the foreign lawyer or law expert.
Subregulation 3
When the secretary or the Secretariat serves any letter, notice or document on the foreign lawyer or law expert in accordance with paragraph (1)(b), such service is to be treated as effected on the date on which the letter, notice or document is left at the address for service of the foreign lawyer or law expert.
Subregulation 4
When the secretary or the Secretariat serves any letter, notice or document on the foreign lawyer or law expert in accordance with paragraph (1)(c), such service is to be treated as effected on the earlier of —
the date on which the letter, notice or document is delivered by the postal authority to the foreign lawyer or law expert; or
such of the following periods after the date on which the letter, notice or document is posted as may be relevant:
4 days (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in Singapore), if the address for service is in Singapore;
14 days, if the address for service is overseas.
Subregulation 5
Where the complaints committee, on the application or instigation of any party, orders or directs the secretary or the Secretariat to serve a letter, notice or document in a manner that is not prescribed in this rule, that party must bear the expenses incurred or to be incurred by the secretary or the Secretariat (as the case may be) in effecting service in the manner ordered or directed by the complaints committee.
Subregulation 6
In this rule, “address for service”, in relation to a foreign lawyer or law expert, means the address provided under rule 5(1), 6(1), 7(1), 8(1), 12(4), 12B(1), 12C(1) or 12G(3) of —
the place of business in Singapore (if any) of the foreign lawyer or law expert; or
the overseas place of business of the foreign lawyer or law expert, if the foreign lawyer or law expert has no place of business in Singapore.