Service on employee of Government
6.
When a party to be served is in the service of any Ministry or non-Ministerial Department of
Government or of a Local Government, the Court may transmit the document to be served and a
copy thereof to the most senior officer of the Department of Government in the Judicial Division
or place where the party to be served works or resides or to the Local Government in whose
service the party to be served is, and such officer or local government shall cause the same to
be served on the proper party, accordingly.
Service on partners
7.
Where partners are sued in the name of the partnership, the writ or other document shall be
served upon any one or more of the partners, or at the principal place within the Judicial
Division of the business of the partnership, upon any person in that place having at the time of the
service the control or management of the business and such service shall be deemed good service
upon the partnership.
Service on corporation or company
8.
When the suit is against a corporation or a company authorized to sue and be sued in its
name or in the name of an officer or trustee, the Writ or other document may be served, subject
to the enactment establishing that corporation or company or under which the company is
registered, as the case may be, by giving the writ or document to any director, secretary, or
other principal officer, or by leaving it at the office of the corporation or company.
Service on board ship
9.
Where the person on who service is to be effected is living or serving on board of any ship, it
shall be sufficient to deliver the writ or other document to the person on board who is at the
time of the service apparently in charge of that ship
Service on prisoners and lunatics
10.
Where the person on whom service is to be effected is a prisoner in a prison or a lunatic in any
asylum, it shall be sufficient service to deliver the writ or other document at the prison or asylum to
the superintendent or person appearing to be the head officer in charge of the prison or asylum.
Service on infants
11.
Where an infant is a party to an action, service on his father or guardian, or if none, then
upon the person with whom the infant resides or under whose care he is, shall, unless the Court
or a Judge in chambers otherwise orders, be deemed good personal service on the infant but
the Court or Judge may order that service made or to be made on an infant personally shall
be deemed good service.
Service on local agent of principal who is out of jurisdiction
12.
Where service is to be made upon a person residing out of, but carrying on business within
the jurisdiction in his own name or under the name of a firm through an authorized