Cap. 403 Art. 61Service of notices, etc.

A notice or other document to be given or served under this Act or any regulations or Insurance Rules made thereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given or served on a person if -

(a) it has been delivered to him; or

(b) it has been left at the address furnished by him to the competent authority, or at his last known address; or

(c) it has been sent to him by post or by telefax at any of the aforesaid addresses; or

(d) in the case of a commercial partnership registered in Malta, it has been delivered, sent by post or by telefax, or left at the registered office, or the last known registered office, of that commercial partnership; or

(e) in the case of any other body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, it has been given or served in any of the manners aforesaid to or on an officer, secretary, or a clerk of that body or to any person designated by that body for that purpose as the case may be; or

(f) in the case of a third country insurance or reinsurance undertaking or Lloyd’s, it has been given or served to the person designated under article 11(1)(b)(i) or article 48A(3), respectively;

and the expression "officer", in relation to a body of persons shall include an insurance agent, an insurance manager, or a person, other than an insurance agent or an insurance manager, authorised to act for that body of persons in the same manner and to the same extent as an insurance agent.