Regulation 9

by giving a copy of the document —

in the case of a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) or an unincorporated association, to the secretary or other like officer of the body corporate or unincorporated association, or the limited liability partnership’s manager;

in the case of an individual, to the individual; or

in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), to any partner or other like officer of the partnership;

by leaving a copy of the document —

in the case of an individual, at the individual’s usual or last known place of residence with an adult apparently resident there, or at the individual’s business address with an adult apparently employed there; or

in the case of a person other than an individual, at the person’s business address;

by ordinary or registered post to the business address, or usual or last known address in Singapore, of the person;

if the person has an email address which the person may be contacted at — by sending an electronic communication of the document to that email address;

if the person has an account created with an internet intermediary for the use of an internet intermediary service, and that internet intermediary service provides a mechanism for that person to receive electronic communications in that account — by sending an electronic communication of the document to that account;

if the person is the owner or operator of an Internet website, a blog or a page on any social media or social networking Internet website, and that Internet website, blog or page on that social media or social networking Internet website provides a mechanism for correspondence with the person, or the posting of comments, on that Internet website, blog or page on that social media or social networking Internet website — by posting an electronic communication of that document on that Internet website, blog or page on that social media or social networking Internet website;

if the person has appointed a person (called in this regulation the appointed representative) to accept service of the document —

by leaving with the appointed representative a copy of that document;

by ordinary or registered post to the business address, or usual or last known address in Singapore, of the appointed representative; or

if the appointed representative has an email address which the person may be contacted at — by sending an electronic communication of the document to that email address.

cannot, by the exercise of due diligence, be found; or

does not —

appear to have a business address, or usual or last known address in Singapore;

appear to have any email address, or any account created with an internet intermediary for the use of an internet intermediary service, through which service can be effected under paragraph (1);

appear to be the owner or operator of any Internet website, a blog or a page on any social media or social networking Internet website through which service can be effected under paragraph (1); and

appear to have appointed an appointed representative to accept service of the document,the document may be served by causing a notification containing the following information to be published in the Gazette:

a statement identifying that document;

a statement that the person to be served may obtain that document from the Competent Authority by writing to the address or email address specified in the notification, or by any other way that may be specified in the notification.