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- (d) by sending it by email to the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s email address; or
- (e) by transmitting an electronic record of it to an account that the body corporate or unincorporated association has with any electronic transactions service.
(5) Service of a document under this section takes effect —
- (a) if the document is sent by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of transmission;
- (b) if the document is sent by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person to whom it is sent;
- (c) if the document is sent by prepaid registered post, 2 days after the day the document was posted (even if it is returned undelivered); and
- (d) if the document is sent through any electronic transactions service, at the time when the electronic record of the document enters the person’s account with the electronic transactions service.
(6) A document may be served on a person under this Act by email only with that person’s prior written consent.
(7) This section does not apply to documents to be served in proceedings in court.
(8) In this section—
- “business address” means—
- (a) in the case of an individual, the individual’s usual or last known place of business in Singapore; or
- (b) in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), the partnership’s principal or last known place of business in Singapore;
- “document” includes a direction, order or notice permitted or required under this Act to be served;
