Examination of serving officer
Issue and service of summons, in the First Schedule to The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Where a summons is returned under rule 17, the Court shall, if the return under that rule has not been verified by the affidavit of the serving officer, and may, if it has been so verified, examine the serving officer on oath, or cause him to be so examined by another Court, touching his proceedings, and may make such further enquiry in the matter as it thinks fit; and shall either declare that the summons has been duly served or order such service as it thinks fit.
How this Rule is cited
It is written both ways, and both mean this Rule: Order V Rule 19 CPC and Order 5 Rule 19 CPC. Pleadings usually take the arabic form, judgments usually the numeral.
Orders of the courts under it: Order 5 Rule 19 CPC, Order V Rule 19 CPC. Each opens the full-text search over every order eCourtsIndia holds.
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