with him, from personally serving the writ or documents, it shall be sufficient to inform the person to be served of the nature of the writ or document as near that person as practicable. Affidavit of service 27. In all cases where service of any writ or document has been effected by a bailiff or other officer of Court, an affidavit of service sworn to by the bailiff or other officer shall, on production, without proof of signature, be prima facie evidence of service. Expenses of service 28. The costs of and incidental to the execution of any process in a suit shall be paid in the first place by the party requiring the execution, and the sheriff shall not (except by order of the Court) be bound to serve or execute any process unless the fees and reasonable expenses thereof shall have been previously paid or tendered to him. Service on Sunday or public holiday 29. Service shall not be made on a Sunday or public holiday, unless the Court directs otherwise by order endorsed on the document to be served. Recording of service 30. A book shall be kept at every Court for recording service or process, in such form as the Chief Judge may direct, in which shall be entered by the officer serving the process, or by the registrar, the names of the plaintiff or complainant and the defendant, the particular Court issuing the process, the method, whether personal or otherwise, of the service, and the manner in which the person serving ascertained that he served the process on the right person, and where any process is not duly served, then the cause of failure shall be stated and every entry in the book or an office copy of any entry shall be prima facie evidence of the several matters therein stated. Interpretation 31. In this order "Out of Jurisdiction" means out of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. ORDER 7 APPEARANCE Mode of entry of appearance. Civil Form II l. (1) A defendant served with an originating process shall within thirty days file in the Registry, along with the process mentioned in order 13 rule 2 ( 1 ) , the original and copy of a duly completed and signed memorandum of appearance as in Form 11 with such modifications or variations as circumstances may require. 2. On receipt of the memorandum of appearance, the Registrar shall make entry thereof and stamp the copy with the seal showing the date he received it and return the sealed copy to the person making the appearance.