Section 328: Additional provisions relating to service

328. Additional provisions relating to service (1) Subject to subsection (2), for the purposes of sections 324 to 327— (a) where a document is to be served by delivery to a natural person, service shall be made— (i) by handing the document to the person; or (ii) where the person refuses to accept the document, by bringing it to the attention of, and leaving it in a place accessible to, the person; (b) a document posted or delivered to a post office box is deemed to be received within 7 days, or any shorter period as the Court may determine in a particular case, after it is posted or delivered; (c) a document sent by facsimile machine is deemed to have been received on the working day following the day on which it was sent; (d) in proving service of a document by post or by delivery to a post office box it shall be sufficient to prove that— (i) the document was properly addressed; (ii) all postal or delivery charges were paid; and (iii) the document was posted or was delivered to the document exchange; (e) in proving service of a document by facsimile machine, it is sufficient to prove that the document was properly transmitted by facsimile to the person concerned. (2) A document shall not be deemed to have been served or sent or delivered to a person where the person proves that, through no fault on his part, the document was not received within the time specified. PART XXVIII – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES