Rule 7 - Service of notices and orders - DEPOSITORIES (PROCEDURE FOR HOLDING INQUIRY AND IMPOSING PENALTIES BY ADJUDICATING OFFICER) RULES, 2005

4 [ 7. Service of notices and orders. (1) A notice or an order issued under these rules shall be served on the person through any of the following modes, namely: (a) by delivering or tendering it to that person or his duly authorised agent; or (b) by sending it to the person by fax or electronic mail or electronic instant messaging services along with electronic mail or by courier or speed post or registered post: Provided that the courier or speed post or registered post shall be sent to the address of his place of residence or his last known place of residence or the place where he carried on, or last carried on, business or personally works, or last worked, for gain, with acknowledgment due: Provided further that a notice sent by fax shall bear a note that the same is being sent by fax and in case the document contains annexure, the number of pages being sent shall also be mentioned: Provided also that a notice sent through electronic mail or electronic instant messaging services along with electronic mail shall be digitally signed by the competent authority and bouncing of the electronic mail shall not constitute valid service. (2) In case of failure to serve a notice or an order through any one of the modes provided under sub-rule (1), the notice or order may be affixed on the outer door or some other conspicuous part of the premises in which the person resides or is known to have last resided, or carried on business or personally works, or last worked, for gain and a written report thereof shall be prepared in the presence of two witnesses. (3) In case of failure to affix the notice or order on the outer door as provided under sub-rule (2), the notice or order shall be published in at least two newspapers, one of which shall be in an English daily newspaper having nationwide circulation and another shall be in a newspaper having wide circulation published in the language of the region where that person was last known to have resided or carried on business or personally worked for gain. ] *********** 1. Inserted by the Depositories (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Amendment Rules, 2015, w.e.f. 19-8-2015. 2. Provisos inserted by the Depositories (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Amendment Rules, 2015, w.e.f. 19-8-2015. 3. Clause (d) inserted by the Depositories (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Amendment Rules, 2015, w.e.f. 19-8-2015. 4. Substituted vide Notification No. G.S.R. 932(E) dated 31-12-2021 before it was read as Service of notices and orders 7. A notice or an order issued under these rules shall be served on the person in the following manner, that is to say,- (a) by delivering or tendering it to that person or his duly authorised agent; (b) by sending it to the person by 1 [ fax or electronic mail or by courier or speed post with acknowledgement due or] registered post with acknowledgement due to the address of his place of residence or his last known place of residence or the place where he carried on, or last carried on, business or personally works, or last worked, for gain; or 2 [Provided that a notice sent by fax shall bear a note that the same is being sent by fax and in case the document contains annexure, the number of pages being sent shall also be mentioned: Provided further that a notice sent through electronic mail shall be digitally signed by the competent authority and bouncing of the electronic mail shall not constitute valid service.] (c) if it cannot be served under clause (a) or clause (b), by affixing it on the outer door or some other conspicuous part of the premises in which that person resides or is known to have last resided, or carried on business or personally works or last worked for gain and that written report thereof should be witnessed by two persons; 3 [(d) if it cannot be affixed on the outer door as per clause (c), by publishing the notice in atleast two newspapers, one in a English daily newspaper having nationwide circulation, and another in a newspaper having wide circulation published in the language of the region where that person was last known to have resided or carried on business or personally worked for gain.]