Land Acquisition Act, 1894
45.Service of
notices:-
(1) Service, of any
notice under this Act shall be made by delivering or tendering a copy thereof
signed, in the case of a notice under section 4, by the officer therein
mentioned, and, in the case of any other notice, by or by order of the
Collector or the Judge.
(2) Whenever it may be
practicable, the service of the notice shall be made on the person therein
named.
(3) When such person
cannot be found, the service may be made on any adult male member of his family
residing with him; and, if no such adult male member can be found, the notice
may be served by fixing the copy on the outer door of the house in which the
person therein named ordinarily dwells or carries on business, or by fixing a
copy thereof in some conspicuous place in the office of the officer aforesaid
or of the Collector or in the Court-house, and also in some conspicuous part of
the land to be acquired:
Provided that, if the Collector or Judge shall so direct, a notice may be sent by
post, in a letter addressed to the person named therein at his last known
residence, address or place of business and registered under Part III of the
{See now the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (6 of 1898).} Indian Post Office Act,
1866, and service of it may be proved by the production of the addressee's receipt.