Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

13.   Service of notices

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    (1)   Any notice, summons, writ or other proceedings at law or otherwise required to be served on the Corporation for any of the purposes of this Act may be served upon it by delivering it to its secretary, or by sending it by post in a registered letter addressed to the secretary of the Corporation at its registered office.

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    (2)   Subject to subsection (1), any notice, order, or other document required or authorised to be served by the Corporation under this Act may be served either—

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      (a)     by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served;

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      (b)     by leaving it at the usual or last known place of abode of that person;

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      (c)     by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to that person at his or her usual or last known place of abode; or

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      (d)     in the case of an incorporated company or body, by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at their registered or principal office or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to the secretary of the company or body at that office.

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    (3)   Where it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain the name or address of any person on whom a document under subsection (2) is to be served, the secretary of the Corporation may—

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      (a)     address the document to him or her by the description of “owner” or “lessee” or “occupier” as the case may be, and by delivering it to such person on the premises; or

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      (b)     if there is no person on the premises to whom the document can be delivered, by affixing it or a copy of it, to some conspicuous part of the premises.