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Article 158(1) Unless prescribed otherwise by this Code, decisions are communicated orally topersons having a legal interest, if they are present, and if they are not, by the service ofcertified copies.(2) Where a decision has been communicated orally, it shall be so noted in the record orfile, and persons who are entitled to appeal shall confirm this with their signatures.Where any such person states that he will not appeal, he shall not be served a certifiedcopy of the decision, unless specified otherwise by this Code.(3) Copies of decision which are appealable shall be served with instructions on the rightto an appeal. Appeals filed for the benefit of the accused person shall be deemed timelyif filed within the time limit specified in the instruction on the right to appeal, where a timelimit longer than the statutory one is specified in the instruction.Chapter XSERVICE OF DOCUMENTS AND EXAMINATION OFFILESArticle 159(1) As a rule documents are served by an official of the authority which issued thedecision or at the seat of the authority, and may also be sent through the post, otherlegal person registered to serve documents, the police, local government authorities orby a letter rogatory through another authority.(2) Summons for trial hearings and other summons may also be communicated orally topersons before the court, with an instruction about the consequences of failing toappear. This summons shall be noted in a record which the person summoned shallsign, except where the summons is noted in the trial record. It shall be deemed that asummons was duly served in this manner.Article 160(1) Where personal service of a document is prescribed by this Code, the documentshall be served directly to the person to be served. If the person who is to be served adocument is not present at the location where the service shall be performed, theprocess server shall inquire where and when the person can be found and shall leavewith one of the persons referred to in Article 161 of this Code written notification that theperson should be in his abode or workplace at a certain and date for the purpose ofreceiving the document. If after this the process server still fails to find the person who isto be served the document, he shall act pursuant to the provision of Article 161paragraph 1 of this Code, and the service shall be deemed performed thereby.(2) By exception from paragraph 1 of this Article, a document which shall pursuant to thisCode be served in person shall be deemed duly served if it has been delivered to theaddress communicated to the court by the person to whom the document is to be