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| (1) Every notice, order or other document required authorized by this Act or any by-law, or regulation made thereunder to be served on any person may be served -
| | (a) by the delivery thereof to such person, or by the delivery thereof at the last known place of abode of such person to some adult member or servant of his family ; | | |
| | (b) by the delivery thereof at the usual or last known place of abode or business of such person in a cover addressed to such person ; or | | |
| | (c) by the despatch thereof by registered post in a letter addressed to such person at his usual or last known place of abode or business : | | |
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| (2) Every notice, order or other document despatched by registered post shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the document would be delivered in the ordinary course of post; and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the document was properly addressed and put in the post. |
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| (3) A notice, order or other document required or authorized by this Act or any by-law or regulation made thereunder to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises shall be deemed to be properly addressed by the description of the " owner " or " occupier " of such premises without the addition of his name or any further description. |
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| (4) A notice, order or other document required or authorized by this Act or by any by-law or regulation made thereunder to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises may be served by the delivery of a true copy thereof to some adult person on the premises or, if there is no such person on the premises to whom the document can with reasonable diligence be delivered by affixing it on some conspicuous part of the premises. |
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| (5) Any notice, application or other document required or authorized by this Act or any by-law, or regulation made thereunder to be given, or delivered to a Development Council, shall be deemed to have been given, made or delivered to the Council if such notice, application, or other document is given, made or delivered to the District Secretary. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts