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Administration of Justice Law (No. 44 of 1973) - Sect 93

Proclamation for person absconding

93.
(1) If any court has reason to believe (whether after taking evidence or not) that any person against whom a warrant has been issued by it has absconded or is concealing himself so that such warrant cannot be executed, such court may publish a written proclamation requiring him to appear at a specified place and at a specified time not less than thirty days from the date of publishing such proclamation.
(2) The proclamation shall be published by such proclamation, or a translation thereof in a language prescribed by court, being-
(a) publicly read in some conspicuous place of the town or village in which such person ordinarily resides;
(b) affixed to some conspicuous part of the house-in which such person ordinarily resides or to some conspicuous place of such town or village; and
(c) affixed to some conspicuous part of the court-house.
(3) A statement by the court issuing the proclamation to the effect that the proclamation was duly-published on a specified day shall be conclusive evidence that the requirements of this section have been complied with and that the proclamation was published on such day.


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