Transfer of Property Act 1882
102. Service or tender on or to agent.—
Where the person on or to whom any notice or tender is to be served or made under this Chapter does not reside in the district in which the mortgaged property or some part thereof is situate, service or tender on or to an agent holding a general power-of-attorney from such person or otherwise duly authorised to accept such service or tender shall be deemed sufficient.
1[Where no person or agent on whom such notice should be served can be found or is known] to the person required to serve the notice, the latter person may apply to any court in which a suit might be brought for redemption of the mortgaged property, and such court shall direct in what manner such notice shall be served, and any notice served in compliance with such direction shall be deemed sufficient:
2[Provided that, in the case of a notice required by section 83, in the case of a deposit, the application shall be made to the court in which the deposit has been made.]
3[Where no person or agent to whom such tender should be made can be found or is known] to the person desiring to make the tender, the latter person may deposit 4[in any Court in which a suit might be brought for redemption of the mortgaged property] the amount sought to be tendered, and such deposit shall have the effect of a tender of such amount.
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1. Subs. by Act 20 of 1929, sec. 52, for “Where the person or agent on whom such notice should be served cannot be found in the said district, or is unknown”.
2. Ins. by Act 20 of 1929, sec. 52.
3. Subs. by Act 20 of 1929, sec. 52, for “Where the person or agent to whom such tender should be made cannot be found within the said district or is unknown”.
4. Subs. by Act 20 of 1929, sec. 52, for “in such Court as last aforesaid”.
