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    Question

    Where the Court orders service by an advertisement in a

    newspaper, a daily newspaper circulating in the locality in which the defendant is last known to have actually and voluntarily resided, this is_____________.
    A Substituted service Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Personal service Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Residuary service. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Service on the defendant’s agent. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Service when defendant cannot be found. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    As per CPC Order V Rule. 20. Substituted service .—(1) Where the Court is satisfied that there is reason to believe that the defendant is keeping out of the way for the purpose of avoiding service, or that for any other reason the summons cannot be served in the ordinary way, the Court shall order the summons to be served by affixing a copy thereof in some conspicuous place in the Court-house, and also upon some conspicuous part of the house (if any) in which the defendant is known to have last resided or carried on business or personally worked for gain, or in such other manner as the Court thinks fit [(1A) Where the Court acting under sub-rule (1) orders service by an advertisement in a newspaper, the newspaper shall be a daily newspaper circulating in the locality in which the defendant is last known to have actually and voluntarily resided, carried on business or personally worked for gain.]  

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