Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FINANCIAL SECTOR (SHAREHOLDINGS) ACT 1998 - SECT 41

  (1)   This section applies to a summons or process in any criminal proceedings under this Act, where:

  (a)   service of the summons or process is required to be served on a body corporate incorporated outside Australia ; and

  (b)   the body corporate does not have a registered office or a principal office in Australia ; and

  (c)   the body corporate has an agent in Australia .

  (2)   Service of the summons or process may be effected by serving it on the agent.

  (3)   Subsection   ( 2) has effect in addition to section   28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

Note:   Section   28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 deals with the service of documents.

  (4)   In this section:

"criminal proceeding" includes a proceeding to determine whether a person should be tried for an offence.