(1) If a foreign state gives information that a process or judicial document has been served on the concerned person on the basis of a request made for mutual legal assistance pursuant to Section 15, the process or judicial
document is deemed to have been duly served on that person.
(2) If a foreign state refuses to serve a process or judicial document on the basis of a request made for mutual legal assistance pursuant to Section 15 or such country gives information through the diplomatic
channel to the Court through the Central Authority that the process or judicial document could not be served since such person was not found or identified, the contents of such process or judicial document shall be
published in any national daily newspaper of the country where such person is residing or staying or of Nepal.
(3) Where a process or judicial document is served under sub- section (2), the process or judicial document is deemed to have been duly served