Section 291 - Service of documents on company

(1) A document may be served on a company by

(a) leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the registered office of the company, or the latest office registered by the Registrar as the registered address of the company,

(b) sending it to the official electronic mail address of the company registered with the Registrar, and

(c) sending it by facsimile machine to a telephone number used by that company for the transmission of documents by facsimile.

(2) A document to be served by post on a company shall be posted in the time that admits of its being delivered in due course of delivery within the time prescribed for the service of the document.

(3) In proving service it shall be sufficient to prove that a letter containing the document was properly addressed, prepaid and posted, whether or not by registered post.

(4) Where the registered office of a company cannot be traced, service on a director of the company or, if a director cannot be traced in the Republic, on a member of the company, shall be deemed good and effectual service on the company.

(5) Where it is proved that a document was in fact received by the director, managing director or Company Secretary, the document shall be deemed to have been served on the company despite the fact that service may not have been effected in accordance with subsections (1), (2), (3) or (4).

(6) This section does not derogate from a provision in this Act relating to the service of a document, or from the power of a Court to direct how service shall be effected of a document relating to legal proceedings before that Court.

(7) Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) shall not apply to the service of legal proceedings on a company except otherwise determined by the Rules of Court.