If a person who convenes a meeting held by owners of buildings in a housing complex, etc. (hereinafter referred to as a "meeting of owners of buildings in a housing complex, etc.") cannot ascertain the whereabouts of an owner of buildings in a housing complex, etc. (excluding one who has notified the place where they are to receive notices pursuant to the provisions of Article 35, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article), the notice under Article 35, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article may be given by posting it somewhere conspicuous within the housing complex.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the notice is deemed to have arrived at the time when it was posted pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph; provided, however, that if the person who convenes the meeting of owners of buildings in a housing complex, etc. was negligent in not knowing the whereabouts of that owner of buildings in a housing complex, etc., the notice does not have the effect of arrival.
前項の場合には、当該通知は、同項の規定による掲示をした時に到達したものとみなす。ただし、団地建物所有者等集会を招集する者が当該団地建物所有者等の所在を知らないことについて過失があつたときは、到達の効力を生じない。