(1) All notices
required by this Act to be served shall be served
in the manner hereinafter mentioned in sub-section
(2).
(2) The service of notices may be
made by delivering or transmitting a copy thereof
by registered post acknowledgment due addressed to
opposite party against whom complaint is made or to
the complainant by speed post or by such courier service
as are approved by the District Forum, the State Commission
or the National Commission, as the case may be, or
by any other means of transmission of documents (including
FAX message).
(3) When an acknowledgment or any
other receipt purporting to be signed by the opposite
party or his agent or by the complainant is received
by the District Forum, the State Commission or the
National Commission, as the case may be, or postal
article containing the notice is received back by
such District Forum, State Commission or the National
Commission, with an endorsement purporting to have
been made by a postal employee or by any person authorized
by the courier service to the effect that the opposite
party or his agent or complainant had refused to take
delivery of the postal article containing the notice
or had refused to accept the notice by any other means
specified in sub- section (2) when tendered or transmitted
to him, the District Forum or the State Commission
or the National Commission, as the case may be, shall
declare that the notice had been duly served on the
opposite party or to the complainant :
PROVIDED that where
the notice was properly addressed, pre-paid and duly
sent by registered post acknowledgment due, a declaration
referred to in this sub-section shall be made notwithstanding
the fact that the acknowledgment has been lost or
mislaid, or for any other reason, has not been received
by the District Forum, the State Commission or the
National Commission, as the case may be, within thirty
days from the date of issue of notice.
(4) All notices required to be served
on an opposite party or to complainant shall be deemed
to be sufficiently served, if addressed in the case
of the opposite party to the place where business
or profession is carried and in case of complainant,
the place where such person actually and voluntarily
resides.
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