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(vi) the Telecommunications Act (Cap. 323); or
(vii) section 21B of the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A).

Protection from personal liability

51.—(1) No liability shall lie personally against a person who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, does or omits to do anything—

(a) in the execution or purported execution of this Act;
(b) in complying with an order or a direction given under this Act; or
(c) when assisting a police officer.

(2) To avoid doubt, this section does not affect section 25 of the Police Force Act (Cap. 235).

Service of documents

52.—(1) Without limiting sections 13(2) and 30(4), a document that is permitted or required by this Act to be served on a person may be served as described in this section.

(2) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on an individual may be served—

(a) by giving it to the individual personally;
(b) by sending it by prepaid registered post to the address specified by the individual for the service of documents or, if no address is so specified, the individual’s residential address or business address;
(c) by leaving it at the individual’s residential address with an adult apparently resident there, or at the individual’s business address with an adult apparently employed there;
(d) by affixing a copy of the document in a conspicuous place at the individual’s residential address or business address;
(e) by sending it by fax to the fax number last known to the person giving or serving the document as the fax number for the service of documents on the individual; or