Section 30: Mode of sending notices

30. Mode of sending notices (1) A notice of objection which is to be sent to the registration officer may be sent to him by registered post addressed to him at his office. (2) (a) A notice which is required to be sent by the registration officer under this Part to any person shall be sufficiently sent if sent by registered post to the address of that person as given by him for the purpose, or as appearing on the electors’ list or list of claimants, or, if there is no such address, to his last known place of abode. (b) The registration officer shall, as conveniently as may be possible, make arrangements with the Postmaster-General to ensure that such notices are delivered to the persons to whom they are addressed at a time when they are most likely to be present at their place of abode. (3) A person to whom a registered letter is addressed and tendered and who neglects or refuses forthwith to sign a receipt presented to him together with such letter, or, where he is unable to write, to affix his cross to such receipt, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 rupees. (4) Where a registered letter is addressed to a person whose name is sought to be expunged from the electors’ list or from the list of claimants and the return of the Post Office shows that the person cannot be found, notice shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given by affixing certified copies of the registered letter in a conspicuous place at his last known place of abode, outside a District Court House in the electoral area in which the notice shall be given and at such other places in the area as may be necessary at least 3 days before the day of revision.