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THE FIRST SCHEDULE · ORDER XVI Summoning and Attendance of Witnesses

Order XVI Rule 8: Summons how served

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Every summons 1[under this Order, not being a summons delivered to a party for service under rule 7A,] shall be served as nearly as may be in the same manner as a summons to a defendant, and the rules in Order V as to proof of service shall apply in the case of all summonses served under this rule.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by s. 66, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

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