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Service on owner or occupier of premises how to be effected.— When any notice, bill, schedule, summons or other such document is required by this Act, or by any regulation or by-law made under this Act, to be served upon or issued or presented to the owner or occupier of any building or land, shall not be necessary to name the owner or occupier therein, and the service, issue or presentation thereof shall be effected, not in accordance with the provisions of the last preceding section but as follows, namely:— (a) by giving or tendering the said notice, bill, schedule, summons or other document to the owner or occupier, or if there be more than one owner or occupier, to any one of the owners or occupiers of such building or land; or (b) if the owner or occupier or no one of the owners or occupiers is found, by giving or tendering the said notice, bill, schedule, summons or other document to some 8[adult member] or servant of the family of the owner or occupier or of any one of the owners or occupiers; or (c) if none of the means aforesaid be available by causing the said notice, bill, schedule, summons or other document to be affixed in some conspicuous part of the building or land to which the same relates. 9[485A. Power of Commissioner to call for information as to ownership of premises.— (1) To enable him to serve any notice (including any copy of any notice) which he is authorised or required to 1 These words were substituted for the original by Bom. 48 of 1948, s. 47. 2 These words were inserted by Mah. 53 of 1981, s. 19(b). 3 These words were substituted for the original by Bom. 48 of 1948, s. 47. 4 These words were substituted for the words “Greater Bombay” by Mah. 25 of 1996, s. 2, Schedule. 5 These words were substituted for the words “adult male member” by Mah. 21 of 1989, s. 62. 6 These words were substituted for the words “Greater Bombay” by Mah. 25 of 1996, s. 2, Schedule. 7 These words were substituted for the original by Bom. 48 of 1948, s. 47. 8 These words were substituted for the words “adult male member” by Mah. 21 of 1989, s. 63. 9 Section 485 A was inserted by Bom. 34 of 1954, s. 29. 382 The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act [1888 : III serve, the Commissioner may require the owner or occupier of any premises, or of any portion thereof to state in writing, within such reasonable period as the Commissioner may prescribe in this behalf, the nature of his interest therein and the name and address of any other person known to him as having an interest therein, whether as freeholder, mortgage, lessee or otherwise. (2) Any person required by the Commissioner in pursuance of sub-section (1) to give the Commissioner any information shall be bound to comply with the same, and to give true information to the best of his knowledge and belief.]