706
No. 3 of 1901.
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.
as to mode of service. H.K. Code, s. 8 (2).
Special modes of service by order of the court.
H.K. Code, s. 8 (3). [cf. O. 9, r. 2; O. 67, r. 6.]
O. 10.
Service on defendant in public service.
H.K. Code, s. 8 (4).
to direct, service shall be personal, that is, the document to be served shall be delivered to the person to be served: Provided always that where the duly authorized solicitor of the person to be served undertakes to accept service on behalf of his client, service on such solicitor shall be equivalent to personal service on the client, and all further service in the action or proceeding may be made by delivering the document to be served to such solicitor or by leaving the same at his place of business.
34.-(1) Where it is made to appear to the court that for any reason prompt personal service of any document of which service is required cannot conveniently be effected, the court may order that service be effected-
(a) by delivery of the document to be served, together with the order for service, to some adult inmate at the usual or last-known place of abode or business within the Colony of the person to be served; or
(b) by delivery thereof, to some agent within the Colony of the person to be served, or to some other person within the Colony through whom it appears to the court that there is a reasonable probability that the document and order served will come to the knowledge of the person to be served; or
(c) by advertisement thereof in one or more newspapers published in the Colony; or
(d) by notice thereof put up at the court house, or at some other place of public resort, or at the usual or last-known place of abode or business within the Colony of the person to be served; or
(e) in any two or more of these modes.
(2) Every application for an order for such service shall be supported by an affidavit setting forth the grounds on which the application is made.
Service of process in particular cases.
35. When the action or other proceeding is against a person in the service of the Government, the Registrar may transmit a copy of the document to be served to the head of the department in which the defendant is employed, for the purpose of being served on him, if it appears to the court that the document may most conveniently be so served.
706
No. 3 of 1901.
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.
as to mode
of service. H.K. Code, 8. 8 (2).
Special
modes of service by order of
the court.
H.K. Code,
s. 8 (3). [cf. O. 9, r. 2; 0. 67, r. 6.]
0. 10.
Service on defendant in public service.
H.K. Code, s. 8 (4).
to direct, service shall be personal, that is, the document to be served shall be delivered to the person to be served: Provided always that where the duly authorized solicitor of the person to be served undertakes to accept service on behalf of his client, service on such solicitor shall be equivalent to personal service on the client, and all further service in the action or proceeding may be made by delivering the document to be served to such solicitor or by leaving the same at his place of business.
34.-(1) Where it is made to appear to the court that for any reason prompt personal service of any document of which service is required cannot conveniently be effected, the court may order that service be effected-
(a) by delivery of the document to be served, together with the order for service, to some adult inmate at the usual or last- known place of abode or business within the Colony of the person to be served; or
(b) by delivery thereof, to some agent within the Colony of the person to be served, or to some other person within the Colony through whom it appears to the court that there is a reasonable probability that the document and order served will come to the knowledge of the person to be served; or
(c) by advertisement thereof in one or more newspapers published in the Colony; or
(d) by notice thereof put up at the court house, or at some other place of public resort, or at the usual or last-known place of abode or business within the Colony of the person to be served; or
(e) in any two or more of these modes.
(2) Every application for an order for such service shall be supported by an affidavit setting forth the grounds on which the application is made.
Service of process in particular cases.
35. When the action or other proceeding is against a person in the service of the Government, the Registrar may transmit a copy of the document to be served to the head of the depart- ment in which the defendant is employed, for the purpose of being served on him, if it appears to the court that the document may most conveniently be so served.
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