CPC 28 — Service of summons where defendant resides in another State

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Statutory text

(1) A summons may be sent for service in another State to such Court and in such manner as may be prescribed by rules in force in that State.
(2) The  Court  to  which  such  summons  is  sent  shall,  upon  receipt  thereof,  proceed  as  if  it  had  been
issued  by  such  Court  and  shall  then  return  the  summons  to  the  Court  of  issue  together  with  the  record
(if any) of its proceedings with regard thereto.

[(3)  Where  the  language  of  the  summons  sent  for  service  in  another  State  is  different  from  the language of the record referred to in sub-section (2), a translation of the record,—

(a) in Hindi, where the language of the Court issuing the summons is Hindi, or
(b) in Hindi or English where the language of such record is other than Hindi or English, shall also be sent together with the record sent under that sub-section.]

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