Singapore legislation

Regulation 15

of Supreme Court (Presidential Elections) (Application for Avoidance of Election) Rules

Regulation 15

Service of notice and copy of application under section 71 on defendant

Amended byS 190/2022 wef 01/04/2022

Notice of the filing of an application under section 71, accompanied by a copy of that application and its supporting affidavit, shall, within 10 days of the filing of the application, be served by the claimant on the defendant —

(a)

by personal service;

(b)

by serving the notice and a copy each of the application and its supporting affidavit on the solicitor appointed by the defendant under rule 9(3);

(c)

by posting the notice and a copy each of the application and its supporting affidavit by registered post to the address for service given under rule 9(3) at such time that, in the ordinary course of post, the letter would be delivered within 10 days of the filing of the application; or

(d)

if no solicitor has been appointed under rule 9(3), by publishing in the Gazette or in at least one local newspaper circulating in Singapore a notice stating that an application under section 71 has been filed and that a copy each of that application and its supporting affidavit may be obtained by the defendant on application at the office of the Registrar.