Section 103 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act

Section 103 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Process may be served in any part of Federation. It provides as follows:

(1) When any process issued by a court of a State or part of the Federation other than a warrant of arrest or commitment, is required to be served on any person, such process may be served on such person in any other State or the Capital Territory.
[L.N. 47 of 1955.)

(2) Such service may, subject to any rules of court which may be made under this
Part, be effected in the same way, and shall have the same force and effect, as if the service were effected in the State or the Capital Territory in which the process was issued.

(3) Thereupon all such proceedings may be taken as if the process had been served in the State or the Capital Territory in which it was issued.

(4) A warrant of arrest or commitment issued by a court of a State or the Capital Territory in the exercise of its civil jurisdiction may be executed in another State or the Capital Territory in the manner provided in Chapter XII of the Criminal Procedure Act in the case of warrants for the apprehension of persons charged with an offence.
[Cap. C4l.)

(5) This section does not apply to a writ of summons or any process issued in accordance with Part XIII of the Evidence Act.
[Cap. E14.)

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