(1) All notices, orders and other documents, required by the Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder to be served upon any person shall, save as otherwise provided in this Act or such rule or regulation, be deemed to be duly served,- Execution of contracts etc.
Power of entry.
General penalty.
Dues to be recovered as an arrear of land revenue.
Service of notice etc.
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(a) where a person to be served is a Company, the service is effected in accordance with the provisions of section 51 of the 8Companies Act, 1956;
(b) where the person to be served is affirm, if the document is addressed to the firm at its principal place of business, identifying it by the name and style under which its business is carried on, and is either,-
(i) sent under a certificate of posting or by registered post; or
(ii) left at the said place of business;
(c) where the person to be served is a statutory public body or a Corporation or a society or other body, if the document is addressed to the Secretary, Treasurer or other Principal Officer of that body, Corporation or society at its principal office, and is either,-
(i) sent under certificates of posting or by registered post; or
(ii) left at that office;
(d) in any other case, if the 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 or some conspicuous part of his last known place of residence or business or is given or tendered to some adult member of his family or is affixed on some conspicuous part of the land or building to which it relates; or
8. See now the Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013).
Central Act 1 of 1956.
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(iii) is sent under a certificate of posting or by registered post to that person.
(2) Any document which is required or authorised to be served on the „owner‟ or „occupier‟ of any land or building may be addressed to the „owner or the occupier‟ as the case may be of that land or building (naming that land or building), name or description, and shall be deemed to be duly served,-
(a) if the document so addressed is sent or delivered in accordance with clause (d) of sub-section (1); or
(b) if the document so addressed or a copy thereof so addressed is given or tendered to some person on the land or building or, where there is no person on the land or building to whom it can be delivered, is affixed on some conspicuous part of the land or building.
(3) Where a document is served on the firm in accordance with this section, the document shall be deemed to be served on each partner.
(4) For the purpose of enabling any document to be served on the owner of any property, the occupier if any of the property may be required by notice in writing by the Government or the Corporation, as the case may be, to state the name and address of the owner thereof.
55. Every public notice given under this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder shall be in writing and under the signature of the officer concerned and shall be widely made known in the locality or in the properties or area to be affected thereby affixing copies thereof in conspicuous public places, within the said locality or the said properties or areas by publishing the same by beat of drum or by any other means that the officer may think fit.
Public notice how to be made known.
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56. Where any notice, order or other document issued or made under this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder requires anything to be done for the doing of which no time is fixed in this Act or the rule or regulation, the notice, order or other document shall specify a reasonable period of time for doing the same or complying therewith.