Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960

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Service of documents.

30.—Where any document is required or authorised by or under the Principal Act or this Act or any regulations made thereunder to be served on any person, the following provisions shall apply in relation to the service of that document—

(a) it may be served—

(i) by delivering it to that person, or

(ii) by sending it by registered post in an envelope addressed to that person at his last known place of business or residence in the State or, if he is a solicitor, at the last address appearing in the register of practising solicitors,

(b) where that person is absent from the State or his whereabouts is unknown and cannot be ascertained by reasonable inquiries, or where the notice or document, having been sent by registered post in the manner specified in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of this subsection, has been returned undelivered, the High Court may make such order for substituted or other service, or for the substitution for service of notice, by advertisement or otherwise, as may seem just.