Cap. 639 Art. 18Notification of documents.

(1) Where any other notice, order, instrument or document is required or authorised to be served or given by or under this Act, it may be served or given in any of the following manners:

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

(b) by leaving it at the usual or last known place of residence of that person or, if such person has furnished an address for service, at that address;

(c) by sending it by means of a registered letter addressed to that person at the place of residence or the address for service aforesaid;

(d) in the case of a body corporate or other body of persons, by delivering it to an officer or employee thereof at the registered or principal office, or sending it by means of a registered letter addressed to the body aforesaid at that office;

(e) in any case in which it is not reasonably possible to effect service in any of the aforementioned manners, whether on all or on any one or more of the persons on whom service is to be made or notice is to be given, by affixing the document to be served or given in a conspicuous place on the land to which it relates and keeping it so affixed for a period of not less than seven (7) days;

(f) in any case in which it is not reasonably possible to effect service in any of the manners referred to in paragraphs

(a) to (e) whether on all persons or on any one or more of the persons on whom service is to be made or notice is to be given, by publication in a local newspaper; or

(g) when the order, notice, or other document to be served or given is affixed on the land but is removed before the expiry period of seven (7) days, the reaffixing of the order, notice or other document shall only be for the remaining period after the document was removed.

(2) When the notice or other document is required or authorised to be served or given to any person as having an interest in the land, and the name of that person cannot be ascertained after reasonable inquiry, or is required or authorised to be served on an occupier of land, the notice shall be deemed to be duly served or given if it is served or given in any of the manners indicated in sub-article (1) and addressed to the person having an interest in the land by the description of "owner" or "occupier".

(3) A person who at any time after an order, notice or other document is affixed in accordance with this article, removes, damages or defaces the said affixed order, notice or other document during its term of validity without lawful authority shall be found guilty of an offence and shall be subject to a fine (multa) not exceeding a maximum amount of one thousand euro (€1,000).