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Every Public notice given under this Act ^°e or any rule or bye-law made thereunder shall be in kaawn. writing under the signature of the Commissioner or any municipal employee authorised in this behalf and 203 shall be widely made known in the locality to be affec ted thereby, by affixing conies thereof in conspicuous public places within the said locality or by advertise ment in local newspapers or by any two or more ol these means and by any other means that the appro priate municipal authority may think fit. N otice, etc. Notice*, 385. Where any notice, bill, order or requisition •te., to fix used or made under this Act or any rule, or reasonable bye-law made thereunder requires anything to be tim ®’ done for or the doing of which no time is fixed in this Act, rules or bye-laws, the notice, bill, order or lequisition shall specify a reasonable t'me for doing the same. Signature 386. (1) Every licence, written permission, an notices, notice, bill, schedule, summons or other docu- ctc., may be m e n t required by this Act or by any rule or bye-law to stamp* . bear the signature of the Commissioner or of any municipal employee shall be deemed to be properly signed if it bears a fascimile of the signature of the Commissioner or of such municipal employee, as the case may be, stamped thereon. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to a cheque drawn upon the Municipal Fund under any of the provisions of this Act, or to any deed of contract. Noti c es 387. All notices, bills, summonses and other • t c., by documents required by this Act or any rule or bye- whom to be ja w r o a de thereunder to be served upon or issued to, hsu*d* ° r any person, shall be served or issued by municipal employees authorised in this behalf. Services of 388. (1) Every notice, bill, summons, order, requi- noti««,«tc. gition or other document required or authorised by this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder to be served or issued by or on behalf of the Corporation, or by any of the municipal authorities specified in section 4 or any municipal employee on any person, save as otherwise provided in this Act or such rule or j bye-law, be deemed to be duly served— <. (a) where the person to be served is a com pany, if the document is addressed to the Managing Director or to the Secretary at the Company at its registered office or at its principal office or place of business and is cither— (i) sent by registered post, or (ii) delivered at the registered office or at the principal office or place of business of the company ; I 204 (b) where the person to be served is a partner ship firm, if the document is addressed to the firm at its principal place of business, identifying it by the name or style under which its business is earrisd on, and is either— (i) sent by registered pest, or (ii) delivered at the said place of business ; (c) where the person to be served is a public body, or a corporation, society or other body if the document is addressed to the Secretary, Treasurer, or other head officer of the body, aorporation or ssciety at its principal offiae, and is either— sent by registered post ; or (ii) delivered at that office ; and /d) in any other case, if the document is addressed to the parson to be served and— (i) is given or tendered to him, ®r (ii) if such person cannot be found, is affixed on some conspicuous part of his last known place of residence or business, if within the State, or is given or tendered to some adult member of his family or is affixed on some conspicuous part of th« land or building, if any, to which it relates, or (lit) is sen‘ by registered post to that person. (2) Any document which is required or authorised be.served on the owner or occupier of any land or building may be addressed “ the owner” or “ the occu pier’’, as the case may be, of that land or building (naming that land or building) without further name or description, and shall be deemed to be duly served— (a) if the document so addressed is sent or deli vered in accordance with clause (d) of sub section (1) ; or 205 (b) if the document so addressed or a copy there of so addressed, is delivered to some person on the land or building or, where there is no person on the land or building to whom it ca» be delivered, is affixed to some wnspicu- ous part ®f ths land or building. (S) Where a document is served a partnership firm in accordance with this section, the document shall be deemed to be served on each partner. (4) For the purpose of enabling any document to be served on the owner of any premises the Commissioner may by notice in writing require the occupier of the premises t® state the name and address of the owner thereof (5) Where the person on whom a do ument is to be served is a minor, the service upon his guardian or any adult member of his family shall be deemed to be service upon th® miner. (6) Nothing in Sections 386 and 887 and in this section shall apply to any summons issued under this Act by a Court. (7) A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this section, Servisesef