Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Any notice which is issued under the provisions of the Act or the rules or which is required to be issued for carrying out the purposes of the Act may be served on a dealer or a person by any of the following methods namely- (i) personally upon the address, if present. (ii) by messenger, and (iii) by registered post Provided that the authority issuing the notice is satisfied that an attempt has been made to serve a notice by any of the above mentioned methods and the dealers, is avoiding service or that for any other reason the notice cannot be serve by any of the above methods the said authority may, after recording his reasons for so doing, care such notice to he served by affixing a copy in some conspicuous place in his office and also upon some conspicuous part of he last notified place of business of the dealer or person, and a notice so served shall he deemed to have been duly served. (2) When a notice is sent by registered port, it shall be deemed to have been received by the address at the expiry of period normally taken by a registered letter in transit unless contrary is proved. (3) Where a Hindu undivided family has been partitioned, any notice under this Act in respect of the business of the Hindu undivided family shall be served on the person who was the last manager of the Hindu undivided family or, if such person is dead, then on any adult member who was a member of the Hindu undivided family immediately before the partition. (4) Where a firm or other association of persons is dissolved, notices under this Act in respect of the business of the firm or association may be served on any person who was a partner of the firm or member of the association, as the case may be immediately before its dissolution. Appearance by authorized representative;