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SERVICE OF NOTICE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES [SECTION 169] - GST Ready Reckoner - GSTExtract SERVICE OF NOTICE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES [SECTION 169] Any notice, decision, order, summons, or any other communication under the Act and the related rules are served on the assessee in accordance with the provisions of section 169. Modes of service [ Section 169(1) ] Sub-section (1) of section 169 provides that a notice, decision, order, summons, or any other communication can be served by any one of the following methods: Giving/tendering directly : By giving or tendering it directly or by a messenger including a courier to the addressee or the taxable person or to his manager or authorised representative or an advocate or a tax practitioner holding authority to appear in the proceedings on behalf of the taxable person or to a person regularly employed by him in connection with the business, or to any adult member of family residing with the taxable person; or Registered post/speed post/courier : By registered post or speed post or courier with acknowledgement due, to the person for whom it is intended or his authorised representative, if any, at his last known place of business or residence; or Email: By sending a communication to his e-mail address provided at the time of registration or as amended from time to time; or At common portal: By making it available on the common portal; or Publication in newspaper : By publication in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the taxable person or the person to whom it is issued is last known to have resided, carried on business or personally worked for gain; or Affixing at place of business etc : If none of the modes aforesaid is practicable, by affixing it in some conspicuous place at his last known place of business or residence and if such mode is not practicable for any reason, then by affixing a copy thereof on the notice board of the office of the concerned officer or authority who or which passed such decision or order or issued such summons or notice. Deemed date of serving [Section 169(2) ] Every decision/order/summons/notice/communication shall be deemed to have been served on the date on which it is tendered or published or a copy thereof is affixed in the manner provided in sub-section (1). Deemed date of receipt [ Section 169(3) ] When a decision, order, summons, notice or any communication is sent by registered post or speed post, it shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee at the expiry of the period normally taken by such post in transit unless anything contrary shall be proved.
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