(1) All documents including notices and orders requted by this Act or any rule or regulation made there under to be served upon any person shall, save as otherwise provided in this Act or rule or regulation, be deemed to be duly served
(a) Where the document is to be served on a Governrnent Department railway. Local Authority, statutory authority, company, corporation, society or other body, if the document is addressed to the head of the Govemment deparhnent, General manager of the railway, Secretary or Principal offrcer of the Local Authority, Statutory Authority, Company, Corporation, Society or any other body at its Principal branch, local or registered oIIice as the case may be and is either
(i) sent by registered post to such office;or
(ii) delivered at such office;
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(b) Where the person to be served is a partnership ifthe document is ad&essed to the partnership at its principalplace ofbusiness, identifuing it by the name or style under which its business is carried on, and is either -
(i) sent by registered post, or
(ii) delivered at the said place ofbushess ;
(c) In any other case ifthe document is addressed to the person to be served and
(i) is given or tendered to him, or
(ii) if such person cannot be found is affixed on some conspicuous part ofhis last known place ofresidence or business or is given or tendered to some adult member ofhis family or is affxed on some conspicuous part of the land or building to which it relates, or
(iii) is sent by registered post to that person.
(2) Any document which is required or authorized to be served on the owner or occupier ofany land or building may be addressed "the owner" or "the occupier", as the case may be, of that land or building (naming or describing that land or building) without further name or description, and shall be deemed to be duly served -
(a) ifthe document so addressed is sent or delivered in accordance with clause (c) of sub-section (l) ; or
(b) ifthe document so addressed or a copy thereof so addressed, is delivered to some pelson on the land or building.
(3) Where a docuDent is served on a parmership in accordance with this section, the document shall be deemed to be served on each partner.
Public notice how to be made known.
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(4) For the purpose ofenabling any documents to be served on the owner of any property, the Secretary to the State Urban and Country Planning Board./Local Planning Authority/Sub-divisional Planning Authority or any other officer authorized by the State Urban and Country Planning Board / Local Planning Authority /Sub-divisional Planning Authoriry, in this behalfmay by notice in writing iequire the occupier (ifany) ofthe property to state the name and address ofthe owner thereof.
(5) Where the person on whom a document is to be served is a minor, the service upon his guardian or any adult member ofhis family shall be deemedto be served upon the minor
(6) A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this section.
51. Every public notice given under this Act or rules or regulations there under shatl be in writing over the ' signahrre ofthe Chairman/ Secretary to the State Urban and Country Planning Board and Chairman/Member Secretary Local Planning Authority/Sub-divisional Planning Authority or such other officer who may be authorized in this behalfby the State Urban and Country Planning Board/ Local Planning AutholitylSubdivisional Planning Authority shall be widely made known in the locality to be affected thereby by affxing copies thereofin conspicuous public places within the said localiry or by publishing the same bybeat ofdrum or by advertisement in a local newspaper and by such other means which the Chaiman/ Secretary to the State Urban and Country Planning Board and Chairman/ Member Secretary , Local Plarming Authority/Subdivisional Planning Authority thinks fit.
52. Where any notice order or other document issued or made under this Act or any rule or regulation made there under requires an),thing to be done for the doing ofwhich no time is fixed in this Act or nrle or regulations there under the notice order or other document shall speci! a reasonable time for doing the same.
Notices etc. to fx reasonable time.
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53. All permissions, orders, decisions, ootices and other documents of the State Urban and Country Planning Board and any Local Planning Authority shall be authenticated by the signature bf the Chairman/ Secretary to the State Urban and Country Planning Board or Chairman/ Member Secretary of the Local Planning Authority or such other officer as may be authorized by the State Urban and Country Planning Board, or the Local Planning Authority in this behall
54. A copy ofany receipt, application, plan, notice, order, entry in register, or other document in the possession ofthe State Urban and Country Plaming Board or any Local Platrning Authoriry, ifduly certified by the legal keeper thereof, or otherperson authorized by the State Urban and Country Planning Board or the Local Planning Authority in this behalf, shall be received as prima facie evidence of the existence of the entry or document and shall be admifted as evidence of the matters and transaction therein recorded in every case where, and to the same extent as, the original entry or document would, ifproduced have been admissible to prove such matters.
55. No Chairman/ Secretary,4\4ember Secretary, member or ofEcer or servant of the State Urban and Country Planning Board or any Local PlanrLing Authoriry shall in any local proceeding to which the State Urban and Country Planaing Board or Local Planning Authority is not a party be required to produce and register or document the contents of which can be proved under the preceding section by a certified copy, or to appeal as a witness to prove the matters and transactions recorded therein, unless by order ofthe Court made for special cause.