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(1) Where the court is satisfied that there is reason to believe that the defendant is keeping out of the way for the purpose of avoiding service. or that for any other reason the summons cannot be ser- ved in the ordinary way, it shall order the summons to be served by affixing a copy thereof in some conspicuous place in the court- house, and also upon some conspicuous part of the house, if any, in which. the defendant is known to have last resided or carried on business or personally worked for gain, or in the manner pro- vided for by Arts. 106 and 107, or in such other manner, inclu- ding publications in newspapers, as it thinks fit.
(2) Where a summons is returned under Art. 103, the court m.ay, 00 the application of the plaintiff, issue a fresh summons or order substituted service under sub-art. (1): Provided that, where no such application is made- within three months from such return, the plaintiff shall be deemed to have been negligent within the meaning of Art. 70 CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE 37
(3) Service substituted by order of the court shall be as effectu ,oS if it had been made on the defendant personally.
(4) Where service is substituted by order of the court, the coun shaD fo: such time for the appearance of the defendant as the case may require .
