Civil debt: judgment summonsE+W
58.—(1) A summons issued on a complaint made for the purposes of section 96 of the Act of 1980 (in these rules referred to as a “judgment summons”) shall be served on the judgment debtor personally:
Provided that if a justice of the peace is satisfied by evidence on oath that prompt personal service of the summons is impracticable, he may allow the summons to be served in such a way as he may think just.
(2) Unless the judgment debtor appears and consents to an immediate hearing, the court shall not hear the complaint unless the summons was served at least 3 clear days before the hearing.
(3) Service of a judgment summons outside the commission area for which the justice issuing the summons acted may, without prejudice to any other provision of these rules enabling service of a summons to be proved, be proved by affidavit.
Commencement Information
I1Rule 58 in force at 6.7.1981, see rule 1(1)