1[3. The summons shall be served personally on the person summoned, or if he cannot be found, it may be left for him with some adult member of his family residing with him, 2[or by affixing it on the outer door or other conspicuous part of the premises in which he is known to have last resided or carried on business or personally worked for gain].]
Source footnotes
1. Sections 2 to 5 of this Act apply, mutatis mutandis to summonses under the Andhra Pradesh Revenue Enquires Act, 1893 (Act V of 1893), see section 3 of the Act.2. Substituted for the words "or with the held of the village in which he lives" by section 6 of the Andhra Pradesh Revenue Summonses (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1958 (Andhra Pradesh Act XX of 1958).
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Section 1 · Revenue officers empowered to summon persons to appear or to produce documents.Section 2 · Terms of summons.Section 4 · Persons summoned to produce may send documents by third party.Section 5 · When personal attendance or witnesses dispensed with.Section 6 · Officers to have powers of a civil court in certain matters.Section 7 · Power to make rules.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 20 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.