Singapore legislation

Regulation 12A

of Small Claims Tribunals Rules

Regulation 12A

Service of documents

Amended byS 321/2017 wef 10/07/2017S 710/2019 wef 01/11/2019S 710/2019 wef 01/11/2019

Subregulation 1

Any document that is to be served on any person in any proceedings before a tribunal or the Registrar must be served —

(a)

by delivering that document personally to that person;

(b)

by sending that document by registered post addressed to that person at —

(i)

that person’s last known residential address;

(ii)

that person’s registered address; or

(iii)

the address of that person’s principal place of business, as notified to ACRA; or

(c)

if that person is a party to those proceedings, and has been notified by the Registrar of that person’s right to access the electronic system to view any document served on that person in relation to those proceedings — as an alternative to serving that document in accordance with sub‑paragraph (a) or (b) — by submitting the document through the electronic system.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 321/2017 wef 10/07/2017

Despite paragraph (1), a tribunal or the Registrar may, in any particular case, order that a document be served on a person by any other means that the tribunal or Registrar considers proper.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 710/2019 wef 01/11/2019

In proving service of any document sent by registered post to any person in accordance with paragraph (1)(b), it is sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the document was properly addressed to that person, stamped and posted by registered post.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 710/2019 wef 01/11/2019

Service of a document sent by registered post in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) takes effect at the time when the document would in the ordinary course of post be delivered (even if the document is returned undelivered).