63. Notices---(1) [The Minister of Forestry, the Secretary of
 Forestry, or any] Fire Officer may give public notice of the exercise of
 any of his powers under this Act or of any order, direction,
 restriction, requirement, or condition given or imposed by him under
 this Act, and all persons shall be bound thereby. For the purposes of
 this section the term ``public notice'' means a notice published in a
 newspaper circulating in the locality in which the matter of the notice
 arises or to which it relates.

   (2) [The Minister of Forestry, the Secretary of Forestry, or any] Fire
 Officer may, without public notice, give notice to any person of the
 exercise of any of his powers under this Act or of any order, direction,
 restriction, requirement, or condition as aforesaid, and every person to
 whom the notice is given shall be bound thereby.

   (3) Except where otherwise specially provided, any notice required to
 be given to any person for the purposes of this Act may be given in
 writing or orally or by telephone, telegraph, or any other means of
 communication, and if in writing may be given by causing it to be
 delivered to that person or to be left at his usual or last known place
 of abode or business or to be posted in a letter addressed to him at
 that place of abode or business.

   (4) If any such notice is sent to any person by registered letter it
 shall be deemed to have been delivered to him when it would have been
 delivered in the ordinary course of post, and in proving the delivery it
 shall be sufficient to prove that the letter was properly addressed and
 posted.

   (5) Any notice required to be given to any person for the purposes of
 this Act shall be sufficient if it purports to be given by a person
 authorised to give it and is authenticated by the signature or name of
 that person.
     Cf. 1955, No. 44, s. 59

       In subss. (1) and (2) the words in square brackets were
     substituted for the former words by s. 32 (1) of the State-Owned
     Enterprises Act 1986.