Arbitration Act (Cap. 387), article 16

16. (1) For the purposes of this Part, any notice, including a notification, communication or proposal, is deemed to have been received and duly notified if it is physically delivered to the addressee or if it is delivered at his habitual residence, place of business or mailing address, or, if none of these can be found after making reasonable enquiry, at the addressee’s last-known residence or place of business. Notice shall be deemed to have been received on the day it is so delivered: Provided that the Centre may by rules under this Act provide for other modes of service and make provision relating to when services is deemed to have been made. (2) For the purposes of calculating a period of time under this Part, such period shall begin to run on the day following the day when a notice, notification, communication or proposal is received. If the last day of such period is a public holiday or a non-working day, the period is extended until the first working day which follows. Public holidays or non-working days occurring during the running of the period of time are included in calculating the period. Notice of arbitration. Amended by: XVIII.1999.11; XXXI. 2002.236.