Service of Notice of petition and copy of petition on respondent

(1) Notice of the presentation of a petition, accompanied by a copy thereof shall, within ten days of the presentation of the (a) be served by the petitioner on the respondent; or (b) be delivered at the office of the Registrar for service on the respondent, and the Registrar or the officer of his department to whom such notice and copy is delivered shall, if required, give a receipt in such form as may be approved by the Chief Justice. (2) The service under paragraph (1) of notice of the presentation of a petition and a copy thereof by the petitioner on 76 Belize City Council the respondent may be effected either by delivering such notice and copy to the agent appointed under regulation 115 or by posting them in a registered letter to the address given under regulation 115 at such time that, in the ordinary course of post the letter would be delivered within the time above mentioned, or by a notice published in the Gazette stating that such petition has been presented and that a copy of it may be obtained by the respondent on application at the office of the Registrar. (3) Where notice of the presentation of a petition, accompanied by a copy thereof is delivered under paragraph (1) at the office of the Registrar for service on the respondent, such service may be effected in the same manner as the service of a notice issued by a court of civil jurisdiction.