29Service in absence of person

29 Service in absence of person

If a notice or other document is to be served on a person in relation to a court of inquiry in respect of the incompetence or misconduct of the person and the person is absent from the State or cannot be found, the court of inquiry may –

(a) place a copy of the notice or document in an envelope addressed to the person and send it and a notification of its contents to the owner of the appropriate vessel with a request that it be forwarded to the person; or

(b) if the owner cannot be found, notify, by notice in the Gazette or in a daily newspaper circulating in the State, that the notice or document is thereby taken to be served on the person.