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- (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; and
- (c) if the document is sent by post, 2 days after the day the document was posted (even if it is returned undelivered).
(7) However, the giving or serving of any document under this Act on a person by email or by an electronic notice at the person’s chosen means of notification, may be effected only with the person’s prior consent (express or implied) to service in that way.
(8) This section does not apply to documents to be served in proceedings in court.
(9) 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;
- “chosen means of access”, for an addressee to or on whom is or is to be given or served a document permitted or required by this Act, means an electronic means the addressee agrees with the person giving or serving the document as the means by which the addressee may access that document’s contents;
- “chosen means of notification”, for an addressee to or on whom is or is to be given or served a document permitted or required by this Act, means an electronic means that the addressee nominates to the person giving or serving the document as the means by which the addressee may be notified that such a document has been given to or served on the addressee;
- “document” includes a notice or an order permitted or required by this Act to be given or served;
