Section 227: Service of documents
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
227. Service of documents
(1) A notice or document authorised or required to be served on the master of a ship may be served—
(a) where there is a master, by leaving it for him on board the ship
with the person appearing to be in command or charge of the
ship; and
(b) where there is no master—
(i) on the owner of the ship;
(ii) if there is no owner, on any agent of the owner; or
(iii) where no such agent is known or can be found, by leaving a
copy of the document fixed to a conspicuous part of the ship.
(2) A document required or authorised by or under any enactment to be
served on the owner of a Mauritius ship shall, where there are 2 or more registered owners, be treated as duly served if served on any one of the registered owners.
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