Service on employee of Government 6. When a party to be served is in the service of any Ministry or non-Ministerial Department of Government or of a Local Government, the Court may transmit the document to be served and a copy thereof to the most senior officer of the Department of Government in the Judicial Division or place where the party to be served works or resides or to the Local Government in whose service the party to be served is, and such officer or local government shall cause the same to be served on the proper party, accordingly. Service on partners 7. Where partners are sued in the name of the partnership, the writ or other document shall be served upon any one or more of the partners, or at the principal place within the Judicial Division of the business of the partnership, upon any person in that place having at the time of the service the control or management of the business and such service shall be deemed good service upon the partnership. Service on corporation or company 8. When the suit is against a corporation or a company authorized to sue and be sued in its name or in the name of an officer or trustee, the Writ or other document may be served, subject to the enactment establishing that corporation or company or under which the company is registered, as the case may be, by giving the writ or document to any director, secretary, or other principal officer, or by leaving it at the office of the corporation or company. Service on board ship 9. Where the person on who service is to be effected is living or serving on board of any ship, it shall be sufficient to deliver the writ or other document to the person on board who is at the time of the service apparently in charge of that ship Service on prisoners and lunatics 10. Where the person on whom service is to be effected is a prisoner in a prison or a lunatic in any asylum, it shall be sufficient service to deliver the writ or other document at the prison or asylum to the superintendent or person appearing to be the head officer in charge of the prison or asylum. Service on infants 11. Where an infant is a party to an action, service on his father or guardian, or if none, then upon the person with whom the infant resides or under whose care he is, shall, unless the Court or a Judge in chambers otherwise orders, be deemed good personal service on the infant but the Court or Judge may order that service made or to be made on an infant personally shall be deemed good service. Service on local agent of principal who is out of jurisdiction 12. Where service is to be made upon a person residing out of, but carrying on business within the jurisdiction in his own name or under the name of a firm through an authorized

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