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(a) On receipt of the application together with the claim statement, the Registrar shall send to the other party (defendant) a copy of the claim statement and attach documents and ask such other party to furnish within the date specified or within any extended date, a defence statement setting out his case accompanied by all documents and information in support of or bearing on the matter.
(b) Any communication sent by the Registrar under Registered Post to the Defendant on the address appearing in the Arbitration Agreement/the contract between the parties, as per the information supplied to the Council, will be deemed to be duly served on the Defendant, even if the Defendant refuses to accept the said communication or it is returned to the Council by the postal authorities as unclaimed by the said party. The Registrar may proceed further with the arbitration proceedings as per the Rules as if the above communication had been duly served on the concerned parties. The Registrar may in such cases make an additional communication to the parties by Registered letter or through publication of a notice in a Newspaper or any other suitable means.
(c) Copy of the defence statement and all the appended documents, if any, shall be sent to the claimant for information.