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- (iii) by sending it by facsimile transmission to the fax transmission number operated at the registered office or principal office of the limited liability partnership or body corporate in Singapore.
(2) Where any notice or other document to be served by the Agency, the Director-General or an authorised officer is—
- (a) sent by a facsimile transmission to the fax transmission number operated at the last known place of residence or business or registered office or principal office in accordance with subsection (1), it shall be deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom it is addressed on the day of transmission, subject to receipt on the sending facsimile machine of a notification (by electronic or other means) of a successful transmission to the place of residence or business or registered office or principal office, as the case may be; and
- (b) sent by pre-paid registered post, it shall be deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom it is addressed 2 days after the day the notice or document was posted, whether or not it is returned undelivered.
(3) This section shall not apply to notices, summonses and other documents to be served in proceedings in court.
Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
16.—(1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a body corporate, an unincorporated association or a partnership, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was an officer of the body corporate or unincorporated association, or a partner or a partnership, purporting to act in such capacity shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly unless he proves, on a balance of probabilities—
- (a) that the offence was committed without his consent, connivance or privity; and
- (b) that he exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised, having regard to
