Section 48. Substituted service. (SYARIAH COURT CIVIL PROCEDURE (STATE OF SELANGOR) ENACTMENT 2003

ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2003
SYARIAH COURT CIVIL PROCEDURE (STATE OF SELANGOR) ENACTMENT 2003

PART VI - SERVICE
CHAPTER 1 - SERVICE WITHIN JURISDICTION

Section 48. Substituted service.

(1) Where the Court is satisfied that for any sufficient reason the summons or other document cannot be served in the ordinary way, the Court may order the summons or other document to be served by affixing a copy thereof on the Court’s notice board and also on some conspicuous part of the building in which the party to be served is known to have last resided, or in any other manner as the Court thinks fit.

(2) The Court may also, in any case falling within subsection (1), make an order for service by advertisement in such local newspaper or newspapers as the Court may think fit.

(3) Substituted service shall be as effectual as personal service.

(4) In cases of substituted service the Court shall, where necessary, fix the time for the appearance in Court of the relevant party.

(5) No order for substituted service shall be made in respect of—

(a)

a subpoena; or

(b)

any document initiating proceedings for the arrest or committal of any person.

(6) Any application for an order under this section shall be supported by an affidavit stating the facts on which the application is founded.