In the cases listed in the following items, if it is impossible for service to be effected pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (unless the service may be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 109-2), the court clerk may send the document to the place specified in the relevant item by registered mail or using the correspondence delivery services prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) that are provided by a general correspondence delivery operator prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or a specified correspondence delivery operator prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article, and which are specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court as constituting services equivalent to registered mail (referred to below as "registered mail or equivalent services" in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)):
if service is to be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 103:the place specified in Article 103, paragraph (1);
if service is to be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (2):the place stated in that paragraph;
if service is to be effected pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (3):the place stated in that paragraph (or, if this is the person's workplace, the person's address as indicated in the case record).
If a document is sent by registered mail or equivalent services pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding paragraph, any document to be served subsequently may be sent by registered mail or equivalent services to the place specified in item (ii) or (iii) of that paragraph.
If a document is sent by registered mail or equivalent services pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the document is deemed to have been served at the time it is sent.
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