{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:125","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Serving Officer","number":"125","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/125/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE I — SERVICE","chapter":"Chapter 1. — Issue and Service of Summons on Defendant"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Where a summons is delivered or sent to any person for service as mentioned in Article 117, such person shall be bound to serve it, if possible, and to return it under his signature, with the written acknowledgment of the defendant, and such signature shall be deemed evidence of service.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/125/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":86,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/86/?article=125&paragraph=p1#article-125-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Where, for any reason service is impossible, the summons shall be returned to the court with a full statement of such reason and of the steps taken to ensure service, and such statement shall be deemed evidence of non-service.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/125/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":86,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/86/?article=125&paragraph=p2#article-125-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}