Article 124

Where the court is satisfied that there is reason to believe that the defendant is avoiding service or that for any other reason the summons cannot be served in the ordinary way, it shall order the summons to be served by affixing a copy thereof in some conspicuous place in the courthouse and also upon some conspicuous part of the house, if any, in which the defendant is known to have last resided or carried on business or personally worked for gain, or in such other manner, including publications in certain newspapers, as it thinks fit.

Where a summons is returned under Article 121, the court may, on the application of the plaintiff, issue a fresh summons and order substituted service under sub-Article (1). When the plaintiff’s application has not been made within three months from such return, Article 107(1) (d) shall apply.

Service substituted by order of the court shall be as effective as if it has been made on the defendant personally.

Where service is substituted by order of the court, the court shall fix such time for appearance of the defendant as the case may require.