On 19/05/2013,
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8.
—(1) Except where it is provided by this Act that service shall be effected either personally or by registered post, a notice may be served on a person —
(a)
personally;
(b)
by being sent through the post; or
(c)
where the person has given his consent for the notice to be served on him through the electronic service, by transmitting an electronic record of the notice to his account with the electronic service.
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(2) Where a notice is served by ordinary or registered post, it shall be deemed to have been served on the day succeeding the day on which the notice would have been received in the ordinary course of post if the notice is addressed —
(a)
in the case of a company incorporated in Singapore, to the registered office of the company;
(b)
in the case of a company incorporated outside Singapore, either to the individual authorised to accept service of process under the Companies Act (Cap. 50) at the address filed with the Registrar of Companies, or to the registered office of the company wherever it may be situated;
(c)
in the case of an individual or a body of persons, to the last known business or private address of such individual or body of persons.
(3) Where the person to whom there has been addressed a registered letter containing any notice which may be given under the provisions of this Act is informed of the fact that there is a registered letter awaiting him at a post office and such person refuses or neglects to take delivery of such registered letter, such notice shall be deemed to have been served upon him on the date on which he was informed that there was a registered letter awaiting him at a post office.
(3A) Where a person has given his consent for a notice to be served on him through the electronic service, the notice shall be deemed to have been served at the time when an electronic record of the notice enters his account with the electronic service.
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(4) Subject to subsection (6), every notice to be given by the Comptroller under this Act shall be signed by the Comptroller or by some person or persons from time to time authorised by him in that behalf under section 4, and every such notice shall be valid if the signature of the Comptroller or of such person or persons is duly printed or written thereon.
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(5) Subject to subsection (6), any notice under this Act requiring the attendance of any person or witness before the Comptroller shall be signed by the Comptroller or by a person duly authorised by him.
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(6) Where any person has given his consent for any notice referred to in subsection (4) or (5) to be served on him through the electronic service, the notice need not be signed if it is served on him by transmitting an electronic record of the notice to his account with the electronic service.
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