Manner of service of notices terminating tenancies to which Act applies

(1) Service of a notice to terminate a tenancy to which this Act applies or which by virtue of the provisions of this Act operates to terminate such tenancy, may be effected either personally on the person to be served, or by mailing it by registered post or by leaving it with any adult person at the place of abode of the person to be served, or, if the person to be served cannot be found and the place of his abode either is not known or admission thereto cannot be obtained, then by mailing it by registered post to the last known address of the person to be served, or, if such person is the tenant, then by posting it on some conspicuous place on the land. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, where either the landlord or the tenant is a company or a partnership or joint owners or tenants, as the case may be, the expression “person to be served” shall, in the case of a company, mean the secretary of the company, and in any other case any one of the partners, joint owners or joint tenants.