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#### 58 Service 58 Service > > (1) A document required by this Act to be served on a person other than a Minister or a corporation shall be served— > > > > > (a) by delivering the document to that person personally, > > > > > (b) by prepaying and posting, by certified mail, the document addressed to that person at his or her last known place of abode or business or, if he or she is carrying on business at two or more places, at one of those places, > > > > > (c) by leaving the document at the last known place of abode of that person with some person apparently an inmate of that place and apparently not less than sixteen years of age, > > > > > (d) by leaving it at the last known place of business of that person or, if he or she is carrying on business at two or more places, at one of those places with some person apparently in the service of that person and apparently not less than sixteen years of age, or > > > > > (e) where service cannot be effected in the manner specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), by attaching the document to the place of residence of, or to some other conspicuous object on the land of which the person to be served is, the owner or occupier. > > > (2) A document required by this Act to be served on any Minister shall be served by prepaying and posting, by certified mail, the document addressed to that Minister at such place as the Minister, by an instrument published in the Gazette, specifies. > > > (3) A document required by this Act to be served on a person, being a corporation, shall be served— > > > > > (a) by prepaying and posting the document addressed to the corporation at its last known place of business or, if it is carrying on business at two or more places, at one of those places, or > > > > > (b) by leaving it at that place, or at one of those places, with some person apparently in the service of the corporation and apparently not less than sixteen years of age. > > > (4) Where a document required by this Act to be served is posted in accordance with this section, service shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been effected at the time at which the document would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post. > > **s 58:** Am 1973 No 86, sec 3 (p).