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Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act (No. 6 of 1964) - Sect 3

Amendment of section 45 of the principal enactment. [ 2, 10 of 1957.]

3. Section 45 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection : -
" (3) The summons-
(a) may be served on a corporation by delivering it to the secretary or a like officer, or a director, or the person in charge of the principal place of business, of the corporation, and
(b) may be served on an unincorporate body of persons by delivering it to the president, the secretary, or a like officer of such body, and
(c) where it cannot be served in accordance with the preceding provisions of this subsection, may be served on a corporation or an unincorporate body of persons by delivering it by registered post at the registered office or, if there is no registered office, at the principal place of business, of such corporation or body.


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