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  • 72 (1) A copy of a financing statement referred to in section 43(15), a copy of a verification statement referred to in section 43(15), a notice under this Act, a copy of a notice of seizure referred to in section 58(2)(e)(ii) or a demand under this Act, other than a demand under section 18, may be given to
  • (a) an individual, by leaving it with the individual or by sending it by registered mail addressed to
    • (i) the individual by name at the individual’s residence, or
    • (ii) if the individual is the sole proprietor of a business, the name of the individual at the address of the business,
  • (b) a partnership
    • (i) by leaving it with
      • (A) one or more of the general partners, or
      • (B) a person having at the time the notice is given control or management of the partnership business, or
    • (ii) by registered mail addressed to
      • (A) the partnership,
      • (B) any one or more of the general partners, or
      • (C) any person having, at the time the notice is given, control or management of the partnership business,
    • at the address of a partnership business,
  • (c) a corporation
    • (i) by leaving it with an officer or director of the corporation or a person in charge of any office or place of business of the corporation,
    • (ii) by leaving it with or by sending it by registered mail addressed to the registered or head office of the corporation, or
    • (iii) if the corporation has its registered or head office outside British Columbia, by leaving it with, or by sending it by registered mail addressed to, the attorney for service for the corporation,
  • (d) a municipal corporation, by leaving it with, or sending it by registered mail addressed to, the municipal corporate officer,
  • (e) an association
    • (i) by leaving it with an officer of the association, or
    • (ii) by sending it by registered mail addressed to an officer of the association at the address of the officer, and
  • (f) the government in the manner provided by the Crown Proceeding Act.
  • (2) A document sent by registered mail under this Act is deemed to be given on the earlier of
  • (a) the date the addressee actually receives the notice, and
  • (b) except when postal services are not functioning, the expiry of 10 days after the date of registration.

1989-36-72; 1990-11-31; 1992-48-18, effective September 11, 1992 (B.C. Reg. 357/92); 2003-52-465, effective January 1, 2004 (B.C. 465/2003); 2011-23-6, effective September 1, 2012 (B.C. Reg. 182/2012).