Regulation 7

Where the Act or these Rules authorise or require any document to be given or sent to, filed with or served on the Registrar or the Registry, the giving, sending, filing or service must be effected on the Registrar or the Registry (as the case may be) by sending an electronic communication of the document using the electronic online system.

Where the Act or these Rules authorise or require a party to give or send a document to, or serve a document on, another party (other than the Registrar or Registry), the giving, sending or service may be effected —

Where the Act or these Rules authorise or require any notice or other document to be given or sent to or served on any party by the Registrar or Registry, the Registrar or Registry may effect the giving, sending or service on the party —

Subject to paragraph (3B), the Registrar may, in a particular case, permit the giving, sending, filing or serving of a document in a manner other than provided by paragraph (1) or (2).

However, the use of electronic means under paragraph (2)(d), (3)(b) or (3A), other than the use of the electronic online system, must be with the consent (express or implied) of —

Where any notice or other document is sent by post under paragraph (2) or (3), the giving, sending or service, as the case may be, of the notice or other document shall, until the contrary is proved, be treated as having been effected at the time at which the notice or document would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.

For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), a notice or other document is sent to a party by post if the notice or other document is sent by pre-paid post to the party at his address for service referred to in rule 9 or 10.

[Deleted by S 433/2020 wef 05/06/2020]

Notwithstanding the availability of an address for service filed in accordance with rule 9, where any notice or other document is given, sent, filed or served by sending an electronic communication in the manner permitted by paragraph (2)(ca) or (d), (3)(b) or (3A), it shall be taken to have been duly given, sent to or served on the person.

Service of any notice or other document under the Act or these Rules on a person by electronic communication using the electronic online system may be effected only if the person is registered as an account holder in accordance with any practice directions issued by the Registrar under rule 78A(3).

A notice or other document sent, filed or served by means of an electronic communication (other than the electronic online system) is treated as sent, filed or served —

A notice or other document that is —

For the purposes of paragraph (7B), the notice or other document is treated as sent to, filed with or served on, and received by, the Registrar or the party if and only if the last byte of the transmission containing the notice or other document is received by the server mentioned in that paragraph.

Any person who sends, files or serves a notice or other document by means of the electronic online system may produce a record of transmission issued through that system as evidence of —

[Deleted by S 743/2014 wef 13/11/2014]

This rule shall not apply to notices and documents to be served in proceedings in court.