Where service may be on an adult member of defendant's family
Issue and service of summons, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
1[15. Where service may be on an adult member of defendant's family.-- Where in any suit the defendant is absent from his residence at the time when the service of summons is sought to be effected on his at his residence and there is no likelihood of his being found at the residence within a reasonable time and he has no agent empowered to accept service of the summons on his behalf, service may be made on any adult member of the family, whether male or female, who is residing with him.
Explanation.-- A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this rule.]
1. Subs. by Act 104 of 1976, s. 55, for rule 15 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).
How this Rule is cited
It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order V Rule 15 CPC and Order 5 Rule 15 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
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