Service where defendant resides out of Bangladesh and has no agent

¹[(1) Where the defendant resides out of Bangladesh and has no agent in Bangladesh empowered to accept service, the summons shall be addressed to the defendant at the place where he is residing and sent to him by post or through courier service as mentioned in sub-rule (4) of rule 9, if there is postal communication between such place and the place where the Court is situate.

(2) The Court may, in addition to the service of summons under sub-rule (1), on the application of the plaintiff for the issue of a summons for the appearance of the defendant, also direct the summons to be served by means of transmission of documents through fax massage or electronic mail service by the plaintiff at his own cost.]

¹ Rule 25 was substituted by section 5(g) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2012 (Act No. XXXVI of 2012).