(1) All electoral papers transmitted through the post, if duly addressed, shall, on proof of posting, be deemed to have been duly served on and received by the person to whom they were addressed on the day when, in the ordinary course of post, they should have been received at his address.

(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not this Act provides that the electoral matter in question is to be transmitted by post.

[Section 209 amended by No. 36 of 2000 s. 70.]