CPC Section 29 — Service of foreign summonses

Civil

Summary

This section allows summonses and other legal papers from certain courts outside the usual reach of the Code of Civil Procedure to be sent to courts within the Code's territory. These courts include civil or revenue courts in parts of India where the Code does not apply, courts set up by the Central Government outside India, or other foreign courts specifically notified by the Central Government. Once received, the local court will serve these documents just as it would serve its own summonses.

Official Text

29. Service of foreign summonses.-- Summonses and other processes issued by

(a) any Civil or Revenue Court established in any part of India to which the provisions of this Code do not extend, or

(b) any Civil or Revenue Court established or continued by the authority of the Central Government outside India, or

(c) any other Civil or Revenue Court outside India to which the Central Government has, by notification in the Official Gazette, declared the provisions of this section to apply, may be sent to the Courts in the territories to which this Code extends, and served as if they were summonses issued by such Courts.