law: Information Technology Act, 2000
  13. Time and place of dispatch and receipt of
  
  electronic record. – 
  (1) Save as otherwise agreed to between the
  
  originator and the addressee, the dispatch of an electronic record occurs when
  
  it enters a computer resources outside the control of the originator.;
  Save as otherwise agreed between the
  
  originator and the addressee, the time of receipt of an electronic record shall
  
  be determined as follows, namely:- the addressee has designated a computer
  
  resource for the purpose of receiving electronic record,- receipt occurs at the
  
  time when the electronic record enters the designated computer resources; or
  if the electronic record is spent to a
  
  computer resources of the addressee that is not the designated computer
  
  resource, receipt occurs at the time when the electronic record is retrieved by
  
  the addressee;
  if the addressee has not designated a computer
  
  resource along with specified timings, if any, receipt occurs when the
  
  electronic record enters the computer resource of the addressee.
  Save as otherwise agreed to between the
  
  originator and the addressee, an electronic record is deemed to be received at
  
  the place where the addressee has his place of business.
  The provisions of sub-section (2) shall apply
  
  notwithstanding that the place where the computer resource is located may be
  
  different from the place where the electronic record is deemed to have been
  
  received under sub-section (3).
  For the purpose of this section.- if the
  
  originator or the addressee has more than one place of business, the principal
  
  place of business, shall be the place of business;
  if the originator or the addressee does not
  
  have a place of business, his usual place of residence shall be deemed to be
  
  the place of business;
  "usual place of residence ", in
  
  relation to a body corporate, means the place where it is registered.