62.Summons how served. (1) Every summons shall be served by a
police officer, or subject to such rules as the State Government may
make in this behalf, by an officer of the Court issuing it or other
public servant.
(2) The summons shall, if practicable, be served personally on
the person summoned, by delivering or tendering to him one of the
duplicates of the summons.
(3) Every person on whom a summons is so served shall, if so
required by the serving officer, sign a receipt therefor on the back
of the other duplicate.
63.
Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies.
63. Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies.
Service of a summons on a corporation may be effected by serving it on
the secretary, local manager or other principal officer of the
corporation, or by letter sent by registered post, addressed to the
chief officer of the corporation in India, in which case the service
shall be deemed to have been effected when the letter would arrive in
ordinary course of post.
Explanation.-In this section "corporation" means an incorporated
company or other body corporate and includes a society registered
under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860).
64.
Service when persons summoned cannot be found.
64. Service when persons summoned cannot be found. Where the
person summoned cannot, by the exercise of due diligence, be found,
the summons may be served by leaving one of the duplicates for him
with some adult male member of his family residing with him, and the
person with whom the summons is so left shall, if so required by the
serving officer, sign a receipt therefor on the back of the other
duplicate.
Explanation.-A servant is not a member of the family within
meaning of this section.
65.
Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided.
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