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Section 66. Service when persons summoned cannot be found

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Where the person summoned cannot, by
the exercise of due diligence, be found, the summons may be served by leaving one of the duplicates for
him with some adult member of his family residing with him, and the person with whom the summons is
so left shall, if so required by the serving officer, sign a receipt therefor on the back of the other duplicate.
ExplanationA servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this section.

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