(1) Unless some other period or mode of service is expressly provided, the notice of trial and any other notice or document required to be served on an accused shall be served by delivering it to the accused at least 3 days before the day specified in it for his or her trial, or by leaving a copy of the notice or document with the person of his or her household at his or her dwelling house, or if no person of his or her household can be found, by affixing the copy to the main outer door or other conspicuous part of his or her dwelling house.
(2) Where the accused is not in custody, the copy of the notice or document, may also be served on him or her by leaving it at the place specified in the recognizance as the place at which service of the indictment or other document may be made or by leaving it at his or her place of employment or business.
(3) Where service cannot reasonably be effected by any of the modes specified in subsection (1) or (2), it may be made at the Registry of the High Court by leaving the copy of the notice or documents for the accused.
(4) The officer effecting the service of the copy of the notice or document shall forthwith deliver or transmit to the official from whom he or she received such notice for service a return of the mode by which the service was made and such return is prima facie evidence that the service of the notice was made in manner and form stated in the return.
(5) The accused may waive any period allowed under this section for the service of any notice or document on the accused and the Court may, if it considers it proper, adjourn the trial to enable the period to run to completion or the notice to be given.