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- (a) if the document is sent by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of the transmission;
- (b) if the document is sent by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person; and
- (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).
(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; and
- (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;
- “email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned as the email address for the service of documents under this Act;
- “residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore.
Family Justice Rules
36.—(1) The Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1) of the Family Justice Act 2014 (Act 27 of 2014) may make Family Justice Rules—
- (a) to regulate and prescribe the procedure and practice to be followed in respect of an application to a court under this Act; and
