FORM 7 (O.6 r. 19 and 26) REQUEST TO MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO TRANSMIT NOTICE OF WRIT TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENT (Heading as in Form 1) The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court presents his compliments to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and encloses herewith a notice of writ of summons issued in an action of……………………………….versus…………………………………..pursuant to Order, out of the ………………………..Judicial Division of the Federal High Court for transmission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in………………… (name of country) with the request that the same may be served personally upon…………………………….(name of defendant to be served) against whom proceedings have been taken in the………………………Judicial Division of the Federal High Court and with the further request that such evidence of the service of the same upon the said further request that such evidence of the service of the same upon the said defendant may be officially certified to the Federal High Court or declared upon oath or otherwise in such manner as is consistent with the usage or practice of the Courts of the (name of country) in proving service of legal process. The Chief Judge further requests that in the event of efforts to effect personal service of the said notice of writ proving ineffectual, the Government or Court of the said country be requested to certify the same to the Federal High Court. ……………………………………. Chief Judge FORMS 8 (O. 6 r.19,26and 28) REQUEST FOR SERVICE ABROAD (Heading as in Form 1) I (or we) hereby request that a notice of summons in this action be transmitted through the proper channels to (name of country) for service or substituted service) on the defendant (name him) at (address of defendant) or elsewhere in (name of country), and I (or we) hereby personally undertake to be responsible for all expense incurred by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in request of the service hereby requested and on receiving due notification of the amount of such expense, I (or we) undertake to pay the same into the Federal High Court Registry for transmission to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dated this………………day of……………………20………………… ………………………………………………….. Signature and address of Legal practitioner