law: The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
  3. Receipt of written
  
  communications.
  1.  
  
    Unless
  
  otherwise agreed by the parties,-
  a.   any written
  
  communication is deemed to have been received if it is delivered to the
  
  addressee personally or at his place of business, habitual residence or mailing
  
  address, and
  b.   if none of the places
  
  referred to in clause (a) can be found after making a reasonable inquiry, a
  
  written communication is deemed to have been received if it is sent to the
  
  addressee's last known place of business, habitual residence or mail* address
  
  by registered letter or by any other means which provides a record of the
  
  attempt to deliver it.
  1.  
  
  
  2.  
  
    The
  
  communication is deemed to have been received on the day it is so delivered.
  3.  
  
    This
  
  section does not apply to written communications in respect of proceedings of
  
  any judicial authority.