Service of notices: prescribed methods include personal delivery, registered post, affixation, or newspaper publication when others fail. Service of notices under the Rules may be effected by: personal delivery to the person or a duly authorised representative; sending by registered post with acknowledgement to the person's residence, last known residence, place of business, or place of work; affixing the document on a conspicuous part of the premises where the person resided, carried on business, or worked, accompanied by a written report witnessed by two persons; and, if the foregoing methods fail, publication in a leading vernacular and English newspaper circulated in the relevant area.