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(6) An official certificate by the Chief Secretary stating that a writ has been duly served on a specified date in accordance with a request made under rule 7 shall be evidence of that fact.
(7) A document purporting to be such a certificate as is mentioned in paragraph (5) or (6) shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate.
(8) In this rule and rule 6 "the Hague Convention" means the Convention on the service abroad of judicial or extra-judicial documents in civil or commercial matters signed at The Hague on 15 November 1965.
Service of writ abroad through foreign governments, judicial authorities and British consuls (O. II, r. 6)
6. (1) Save where a writ is to be served pursuant to paragraph (2A) this rule does not apply to service in--
(a) The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;
(b) any independent Commonwealth country;
(c) any British protectorate;
(d) any British colony;
(e) the Republic of Ireland.
(2) Where in accordance with these rules a writ is to be served on a defendant in any country with respect to which there subsists a Civil Procedure Convention (other than the Hague Convention) providing for service in that country of process of the Court, the writ may be served---
(a) through the judicial authorities of that country; or
(b) through a British consular authority in that country (subject to any provision of the convention as to the nationality of persons who may be so served).
(2A) Where in accordance with these rules, a writ is to be served on a defendant in any country which is a party to the Hague Convention, the writ may be served--
(a) through the authority designated under the Convention in respect of that country; or
(b) if the law of that country permits-
(i) through the judicial authorities of that country, or
(ii) through a British consular authority in that country.
(3) Where in accordance with these rules a writ is to be served on a defendant in any country with respect to which there does not subsist a Civil Procedure Convention providing for service in that country of process of the High Court, the writ may be served--
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(6) An official certificate by the Chief Secretary stating that a writ has been duly served on a specified date in accordance with a request made under rule 7 shall be evidence of that fact.
(7) A document purporting to be such a certificate as is mentioned in paragraph (5) or (6) shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate.
(8) In this rule and rule 6 "the Hague Convention" means the Convention on the service abroad of judicial or extra-judicial documents in civil or commercial matters signed at The Hague on 15 November 1965.
Service of writ abroad through foreign governments, judicial author-
ities and British consuls (O. II, r. 6)
6. (1) Save where a writ is to be served pursuant to para- graph (2A) this rule does not apply to service in--
(HK)(a) The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland,
the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;
(b) any independent Commonwealth country;
(HK)(c) any British protectorate;
(HK)(d) any British colony;
(e) the Republic of Ireland.
(2) Where in accordance with these rules a writ is to be served on a defendant in any country with respect to which there subsists a Civil Procedure Convention (other than the Hague Convention) providing for service in that country of process of the Court, the writ may be served---
(a) through the judicial authorities of that country; or
(b) through a British consular authority in that country (sub- ject to any provision of the convention as to the nationality of persons who may be so served).
(2A) Where in accordance with these rules, a writ is to be served on a defendant in any country which is a party to the Hague Convention, the writ may be served--
(a) through the authority designated under the Convention in
respect of that country; or
(b) if the law of that country permits-
(i) through the judicial authorities of that country, or (i) through a British consular authority in that country.
(3) Where in accordance with these rules a writ is to be served on a defendant in any country with respect to which there does not subsist a Civil Procedure Convention providing for service in that country of process of the High Court, the writ may be served--
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