Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 Section 24 - Bare Act

Subject to any rules that may be made under this Act, every notice or order issued or made under this Act shall

(a) in the case of a notice or order of a general nature or affecting a number of persons, be notified in the Official Gazette and also published in the locality in such manner as maybe prescribed; and

(b) in the case of a notice or order directed to an individual¹[be served on such individual]

(i) wherever it is practicable to do so by delivering or tendering it to that individual; or

(ii) if it cannot be so delivered or tendered, by affixing it on the door or some other conspicuous part of the residence in which that individual lives, and a written report thereof shall be prepared and witnessed by two persons living in the neighborhood; or

(iii) failing service by these means, by post.

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1. These words were deemed always to have been inserted by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1960 (Act 58 of 1960) w.e.f 26.12.1960.