Summons

Proclamation for person absconding

If any court has reason to believe that any person against whom a warrant has been issued has absconded or is concealing himself so that such warrant cannot be executed, such court may publish a written proclamation requiring him to appear at a specified place and time within 30 days of publishing such proclamation.

The proclamation shall be published as follows:-

1. It shall be publicly read in some conspicuous place of the town or village in which such person ordinarily resides;

2. It shall be affixed in some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which such person ordinarily resides or to some conspicuous place of such town or village;

3. A copy thereof shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the court house;

4. The court may also, if it thinks fit, direct a copy of the proclamation to be published in a daily newspaper circulating in the place in which person resides.

Attachment of property of person absconding

The Court issuing a proclamation may, at any time after the issue of the proclamation, order the attachment of any property, movable or immovable or both, belonging to the proclaimed person:

Provided where at the time of issue of the proclamation the Court is satisfied that the person in relation to whom the proclamation is to be issued –

is about to dispose of the whole or any part of his property, or

is about to remove the whole or any part of his property from the local jurisdiction of the Court,

it may order the attachment simultaneously with the issue of the proclamation.

Your duties

1. To accept the summons and sign the duplicate if required.

2. To treat the officer serving the summon with respect.

3. To appear on the date mentioned in the summons or engage a lawyer to appear on your behalf.

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