CAP. 282]
Employees' Compensation (Rules of Court) Rules
[1983 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Signature
of registrar sufficient.
Full name and address to be furnished.
Change of address to be notified.
When change of address to be effective.
General provisions as to service.
8. [Revoked, L.N. 261/75.]
9.
Any minute of any order or appointment made by the court and any receipt to be given by the court may be signed by the registrar of the court.
Service of PROCESS
10. The first document lodged by a party with the registrar of the court shall bear such party's full name and such address as will enable service of notices and documents to be effected on him either by delivery or through the post. A post office box alone shall not be a sufficient address for the purposes of this rule.
11. Any change of such address shall forthwith be notified, by the party making such change, to the registrar of the court and to the other party or parties to the proceedings.
12. Any address lodged by a party in pursuance of this rule shall remain an address for service of such party from the date of lodging such address until 48 hours after change thereof has been notified as prescribed in the preceding rule.
13. Save as is otherwise specially provided in the Ordinance or these rules, the following provisions shall apply to service of applications, answers, orders, notices, and other documents which, by the Ordinance or the rules made thereunder, are required to be served on any person who resides in the Colony or who has an address for service in the Colony or who has authorized a person resident in the Colony to accept service on his behalf-
(a) Service may be effected by sending (within 24 hours after the document to be served has been lodged with the registrar of the court) a copy thereof by prepaid registered post to the party to be served at his address for service. Every copy so sent shall, until the contrary is proved or unless and until the copy is returned by the postal authorities, be deemed to have been served on the person to whom it was so addressed at the time at which it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.
(b) Where a party to an application employs a legal practitioner for the purposes of the application, service upon that party may be effected by delivery of the document at the office of such legal practitioner.
(c) Service may also be effected through the bailiff of the court in the manner provided by the rules governing service of summons in actions in the court.
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CAP. 282]
Employees' Compensation (Rules of Court) Rules
[1983 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Signature
of registrar sufficient.
Full name and address to be furnished.
Change of address to be notified.
When change of address to be effective.
General provisions as to service.
8. [Revoked, L.N. 261/75.]
9.
Any minute of any order or appointment made by the court and any receipt to be given by the court may be signed by the registrar of the court.
Service of PROCESS
10. The first document lodged by a party with the registrar of the court shall bear such party's full name and such address as will enable service of notices and documents to be effected on him either by delivery or through the post. A post office box alone shall not be a sufficient address for the purposes of this rule.
11. Any change of such address shall forthwith be notified, by the party making such change, to the registrar of the court and to the other party or parties to the proceedings.
12. Any address lodged by a party in pursuance of this rule shall remain an address for service of such party from the date of lodging such address until 48 hours after change thereof has been notified as prescribed in the preceding rule.
13. Save as is otherwise specially provided in the Ordinance or these rules, the following provisions shall apply to service of applications, answers, orders, notices, and other documents which, by the Ordinance or the rules made thereunder, are required to be served on any person who resides in the Colony or who has an address for service in the Colony or who has authorized a person resident in the Colony to accept service on his behalf-
(a) Service may be effected by sending (within 24 hours after the document to be served has been lodged with the registrar of the court) a copy thereof by prepaid registered post to the party to be served at his address for service. Every copy so sent shall, until the contrary is proved or unless and until the copy is returned by the postal authori- ties, be deemed to have been served on the person to whom it was so addressed at the time at which it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.
(b) Where a party to an application employs a legal prac- titioner for the purposes of the application, service upon that party may be effected by delivery of the document at the office of such legal practitioner.
(c) Service may also be effected through the bailiff of the court in the manner provided by the rules governing service of summons in actions in the court.
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