Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter IX : Offences, Penal Provisions and Legal Procedure342. Service of documents |
Where for the purposes of this Act any document is to be served on any person, that document may be served—
| (a) | in any case by delivering a copy thereof personally to the person on whom the document is to be served; or by sending such copy to him, in accordance with the regulations, by registered post, enclosed in an envelope upon which is written his name and address; or by leaving such copy for him with a member of his household at his dwelling; or, if no person belonging to his household can be found there, then by affixing such copy to the principal outer door of the said dwelling or of any place where he actually resides or was last known to reside; or |
| (b) | if the document is to be served on the master of a ship or on a person belonging to a ship, by leaving a copy thereof for him on board that ship with the person being or appearing to be in command or charge of the ship; and |
| (c) | if the document is to be served on the master of a ship, and there is no master, and the ship is within the Republic or the territorial waters thereof, by serving it on the owner of the ship, if he is within the Republic, or on an agent of the owner residing in the Republic, or if no such agent is known or can be found, by affixing a copy thereof to the mast of the ship. |