Companies Act, 2013
20.
Service
of documents.
1. A document may be
served on a company or an officer thereof by sending it to the company or the
officer at the registered office of the company by registered post or by speed
post or by courier service or by leaving it at its registered office or by
means of such electronic or other mode as may be prescribed:
Provided
that where securities are held with a depository, the records of the beneficial
ownership may be served by such depository on the company by means of
electronic or other mode.
1.
2. Save as provided in
this Act or the rules made there under for filing of documents with the
Registrar in electronic mode, a document may be served on Registrar or any
member by sending it to him by post or by registered post or by speed post or
by courier or by delivering at his office or address, or by such electronic or
other mode as may be prescribed:
Provided
that a member may request for delivery of any document through a particular
mode, for which he shall pay such fees as may be determined by the company in
its annual general meeting.
Explanation .Ч For the purposes
of this section, the term ССcourierТТ means a person or agency which delivers
the document and provides proof of its delivery.