- (1)
The service of every notice or order and the presentation of every
bill under this Act or under a rule or bye-laws made thereunder on
any person or to any person to whom it is by name addressed shall
in all cases not otherwise specially provided for therein, be
effected by a municipal officer or servant or other person
authorized by the Municipality in this behalf-
(a) by giving or tendering such notice, order or bill to
the person to whom it is addressed; or
(b) if such person is not found, by leaving the notice,
order or bill at his last known place of abode with, or
by giving or tendering the notice, order or bill to,
some adult member or servant of his family; or
(c) if such person does not reside within the municipal
limits and his address elsewhere is known to the
chairman or official of the Municipality directing the
issue of the notice, order or bill, then by forwarding
the notice, order or bill, to such person by registered
post under cover bearing the said address; or
(d) if none of the means aforesaid be available, or
person refuses to accept, then by causing the bill,
order or notice to be affixed in the presence of two
persons of the locality on some conspicuous part of
the building or land, if any, to which the bill, order
or notice relates.
(2) When any notice, order or bill is required or permitted
by or under this Act or by a rule or bye-laws made thereunder, to
be served upon an owner or occupier of any building or land, it
shall not be necessary to name the owner or occupier therein and
the service thereof, in case not otherwise specially provided for,
but shall be made either-
(a) by giving or tendering the notice, order or bill to the
owner or occupier or, if there be more owners or
occupiers than one, to anyone of them; or
(b) if no such owner or occupier be found, then by
giving or tendering the notice, order or bill to some
adult member or servant of the family or any such
owner or occupier as aforesaid; or
(c) if none of the means aforesaid be available then by
causing the notice, order or bill to be affixed in the
presence of two persons on some conspicuous part of
the building or land to which the same relates.
(3) Every notice which this Act or a rule or bye-laws made
thereunder requires or empowers a Municipality to give or to serve
either as a public notice, or generally, or by provisions which do
not expressly require notice to be given to individuals therein
specified shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or
served if a copy thereof is put up in such conspicuous part of the
municipal office during such period and in such other manner as
the Municipality may, direct or prescribe by bye-laws.
(4) No notice, order or bill shall be invalid for defect of form.
(5) When any notice or order requires any act to be done
for which no time is fixed by this Act or any rule or bye-laws
made thereunder, the notice or order shall fix a reasonable time for
doing the same.
(6) In the event of non-compliance with the terms of the
notice or order, it shall be lawful for the Municipality to take such
action or such steps as may be necessary for the completion of the
act thereby required to be done, and all the expenses therein
incurred by the Municipality shall be paid by the person or
persons upon whom the notice or order was served and shall be
recoverable in the manner provided in section 296.
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