7. Summons or process :
(1) The court shall, in issuing the summons or process pursuant to this Act, issue the same in the format specified in
Schedule-3.
(2) 5 If, in serving the summons or process issued pursuant to Sub-section (1), the defendant or any member of his or her joint family is not found or his or her home address cannot be traced, the summons
or process shall be posted at the office of Village Development
Committee in the case of rural area and at any public place of the
concerned ward in the place of home of the defendant in the case of
municipal area, in presence of a member or representative of the
concerned Village Development Committee or Municipality or any two
local persons, and after being so posted, the summons or process shall
be deemed to have been duly served.
Provided that, where the defendant or his or her home has not
been found due to the fact that the plaintiff has written down a false
address or a false address has been mentioned by the court, the summons
or process shall not be deemed to have been duly served merely by the
reason that it has been posted pursuant to this Section.
(3) The employee who goes to serve the summons or process as
referred to in Section has to serve the summons or process within Two
days excluding the time required for journey; and if, except for any
reasonable reason, there has been a delay in the service of the summons
or process, the court may punish him or her with a fine not exceeding
Twenty Five Rupees.