83.— (1) A notice or other document that is required to be served on or given to a person under this Act may be so served on or given to the person in one of the following ways:

(a) by delivering it to the person;

(b) by leaving it at the address at which the person ordinarily resides or, if the person has given an address for service, at that address; or

(c) by sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter to the address at which the person ordinarily resides or, if the person has given an address for service, to that address.

(2) Where the address at which a person ordinarily resides cannot be ascertained by reasonable inquiry and notice is required to be served on, or given to, the person in respect of any premises, the notice may be served by affixing it in a conspicuous position on or near the premises.

(3) Where the name of the person concerned cannot be ascertained by reasonable inquiry, a notice under this Act may be addressed to “the occupier”, “the owner” or “the person in charge”, as the case may be.

(4) Subsection (2) shall not apply to a notice that is required to be served on or given to—

(a) the Authority,

(b) the Minister, or

(c) a learner under section 67.

(5) A person shall not at any time during the period of 3 months after a notice is affixed under subsection (2) remove, damage or deface the notice without lawful authority.

(6) A person who contravenes subsection (5) commits an offence.

(7) For the purpose of this section, a company shall be taken to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and any other body corporate or unincorporated body of persons shall be taken to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business.