Singapore legislation

Regulation 12

of Copyright Tribunals (Procedure) Regulations 2021

Regulation 12

Service of documents

Subregulation 1

A document that is required or permitted by or under these Regulations to be served on a person (X) in connection with a proceeding may be served on X —

(a)

if X has specified an address for service (being the address of a place in Singapore) — by delivering the document to X personally or by leaving the document at, or by sending the document by post addressed to X at, that address;

(b)

if X has specified an address for service (being an email address) — by sending the document to that email address; or

(c)

if sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply —

(i)

if X is a body corporate —

(A)

by delivering the document personally to the manager or secretary of the body corporate; or

(B)

if the body corporate has a registered office under any written law, by leaving it at that office or by sending it by post addressed to the body corporate at that office or, if the body corporate does not have a registered office, by sending it by post addressed to the body corporate at its principal place of business in Singapore;

(ii)

if X is an organisation other than a body corporate —

(A)

by delivering the document personally to the manager, secretary or other similar officer of the organisation; or

(B)

by sending it by post addressed to the organisation at its principal place of business in Singapore; or

(iii)

in any other case —

(A)

by delivering the document personally to X; or

(B)

by sending it by post addressed to X at the address of the place of residence or business of X last known to the person serving the document.

Subregulation 2

A Tribunal may, in relation to a document that is required or permitted by or under these Regulations to be served, order that —

(a)

the document be served in a manner different from the manner provided by paragraph (1); or

(b)

the document need not be served.