London Hackney Carriage Act 1831

LXVIII Service of Justice's Summons.

And be it enacted, That any Summons issued by any Justice of the Peace requiring the Appearance of any Defendant or of any Witness or other Person, with reference to any Information, Complaint, or other Proceeding pending for the Recovery of any Duty or- Penalty under this Act, shall be deemed to be well and sufficiently served in case either the Summons or a Copy thereof be served personally on any such Person as aforesaid, or be left at his usual or last Place of Abode, or (in case such Person be a licensed Proprietor of a Hackney Carriage, or a licensed Waterman or Assistant to the Drivers of Hackney Carriages,) at the Place specified in any such Licence as the Place of Abode of such Proprietor or Waterman, as the Case may be ; and if the Place so specified cannot be found, or if such Proprietor or Waterman shall not be known thereat, then such Summons shall be deemed to be well and sufficiently served if the same or a Copy thereof be fixed up in some conspicuous Place in the said Head Office for Stamps to be appointed for that Purpose.