Singapore legislation
Regulation 23
Regulation 23
Service of notices or documents
Subregulation 1
Any notice or document required or authorised to be served on any person by the Commission under the Act or any regulations made under the Act may be served —
in the case of an individual —
by delivering it to the individual personally;
by leaving it with an adult apparently resident at, or by sending it by ordinary post or prepaid registered post to, the usual or last known address of the place of residence of the individual;
by leaving it with an adult apparently employed at, or by sending it by ordinary post or prepaid registered post to, the usual or last known address of the place of business of the individual;
by affixing a copy of the notice or document in a conspicuous place at the usual or last known address of residence or business of the individual;
by sending it by fax to the fax number given to the Commission by the individual as the fax number for the service of notices or documents on the individual; or
by sending it by email to the last email address given to the Commission by the individual as the email address for the service of notices or documents on the individual;
in the case of a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) or an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) —
by delivering it to an officer of the body corporate or unincorporated association;
by leaving it at, or by sending it by ordinary post or prepaid registered post to, the registered office or principal office of the body corporate or unincorporated association in Singapore;
by sending it by fax to the fax number given to the Commission by the body corporate or unincorporated association in Singapore as the fax number for the service of notices or documents on the body corporate or unincorporated association; or
by sending it by email to the last email address given to the Commission by the body corporate or unincorporated association as the email address for the service of notices or documents on the body corporate or unincorporated association; and
in the case of a partnership —
by delivering it to an officer of the partnership;
by leaving it at, or by sending it by ordinary post or prepaid registered post to, the principal or last known place of business of the partnership in Singapore;
by sending it by fax to the fax number given to the Commission by the partnership as the fax number for the service of notices or documents on the partnership; or
by sending it by email to the last email address given to the Commission by the partnership as the email address for the service of notices or documents on the partnership.
Subregulation 2
Where any notice or document required or authorised to be served on any person by the Commission under the Act or any regulations made under the Act is —
served personally in accordance with paragraph (1), the notice or document is deemed to have been duly served on the day of delivery;
sent by ordinary post in accordance with paragraph (1), the notice or document is deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom it is addressed on the day after it would in the ordinary course of post be delivered, unless it is returned undelivered;
sent by prepaid registered post in accordance with paragraph (1), the notice or document is deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom it is addressed 2 days after the day it was posted, whether or not it is returned undelivered;
sent by fax to a fax number in accordance with paragraph (1), the notice or document is deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom it is addressed on the day of the transmission, subject to the receipt on the sending fax machine of a notification (by electronic or other means) of a successful transmission to the fax machine for that fax number; or
sent by email to an email address in accordance with paragraph (1), the notice or document is deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom it is addressed at the time the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person.
Subregulation 3
Despite paragraph (1), the Commission may instead give notice to any person by publishing on the Commission’s website and in at least one local daily newspaper, a summary of the notice, indicating that the complete notice may be obtained from the Commission upon the request of that person, if —
the Commission has taken any of the steps mentioned in paragraph (1) to give notice to the person but has been unable to give such notice or in the Commission’s opinion there is doubt that it has been able to give such notice; or
the Commission is of the view that none of the steps mentioned in paragraph (1), if taken, would give the required notice to the person.
Subregulation 4
Where paragraph (3) applies, the notice is treated as having been given on the date of its publication in accordance with that paragraph.