(General) Rules, 1997-English - Panchyati Raj Department
(General) Rules, 1997-English - Panchyati Raj Department
(General) Rules, 1997-English - Panchyati Raj Department
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specify the date, time and place at which the person is required to attendand whether his attendance is required as accused, defendant, a judgementdebtor or other party or a witness and whether for a purpose of givingevidence or to produce a document or for other purposes. If any particulardocument is to be produced, it shall be described in the summons or noticewith reasonable accuracy.70. Summon to produce documents.- Any person may besummoned to produce a document without being summoned to giveevidence, and any person summoned merely to produce a document shall bedeemed to have complied with the summons if he causes such documents tobe produced instead of attending personally.71. Persons exempted from attendance in court not to besummoned.- No Gram Panchayat shall summon to appear before it for thepurpose of giving evidence the persons who, according to the customs of thecountry or under provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 or underany law for the time being in force are exempted from personal attendance ina Court.72. Service of summons.- If the person on whom the summons ornotices are to be served resides within the jurisdiction of the GramPanchayat, procedure provided in rule 51 shall be followed.73. Service fee.- If the summons or notices are to be served at theinstance of the party, the Gram Panchayat shall, except in a criminal caseinitiated by a public servant in his official capacity, charge fee of Rs. five persummon or notice from that party 1 [and shall be paid to the person servingthe summons or notices] at the rate of rupees three per summon or notice.74. Person charged with process serving.- Ordinarily, the summonsor notice shall be served by the Panchayat Chowkidar, but the Pradhan orUp-Pradhan, who directs its issue, may in his discretion, cause it to be servedby any person other than a Government servant.75. Method of service within jurisdiction.- The summons or notice,shall be served by delivery to the person concerned, whose signatures orthumb impression shall be taken on the duplicate. If the person concernedcannot be found or if it appears that he is evading service, the Pradhan or Up-Pradhan may order that the summons or notice may be served on any adultmale member of the family residing with him, or affix the same at someconspicuous part of the house in which the person ordinarily resides in thepresence of two respectable witnesses of the locality.76. Method of Service on Government or Semi-Governmentservants.-. If the summon or notice is required to be served on any281 . Subs. for the words “The fee shall be credited to the Sabha Fund and may be paid tothe person serving the summons or notices” vide Not. No. PCH-HA(3) 1/94(Loose)23231-440, dated 6.12.2003, published in R.H.P. Extra., dated 15.12.2003, p. 2680-2681.