Section 28A - Service of notice, etc - Consumer Protection Act 1986

[Service of notice, etc. 28A. (1) All notices required by this Act to be served shall be served in the manner hereinafter men tioned in sub-section (2). (2) The service of notices may be made by delivering or transmit ting a copy thereof by registered post acknowledgement due ad dressed 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 acknowledgement 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 con taining the notice is received back by such District Forum, State Commission or the National Commission, with an endorsement pur porting 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 acknowledgement due, a declara tion referred to in this sub-section shall be made notwithstand ing the fact that the acknowledgement 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 ad dressed 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. ]