Section 70State of Maharashtra Act
Section 70: Service of notices and bills
Service of notices and bills.
(1)
Every notice or bill issued or prepared under this Act, may be served or presented,-(a)
by delivering or tendering it or sending it by post to the person to whom it is addressed, or to his agent, or(b)
if such a person or his agent is not found them by leaving it at his usual or last known place of abode or by delivering or tendering it to some adult male member of his family or by causing it to be fixed on some conspicuous part of the building or land, if any, to which it relates.(2)
Where a notice under this Act is required to be served upon an owner or occupier of a building or land, it shall not be necessary to name the owner or occupier, and the service thereof may be effected either-(a)
by delivering or tendering the notice or sending it by post to the owner or occupier or if there be more owners or occupiers than one, to any one of them, or(b)
if no such owner or occupier is found, then by giving or tendering the notice to an adult male member or servant of his family or by causing the notice to be fixed on some conspicuous part of the building or land to which the same relates.(3)
Whenever the person to whom a notice or bill is to be served is a minor, service upon his guardian or upon an adult male member or servant of his family shall be deemed to be service upon the minor.Previous
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