Service of summons

Whenever in any proceedings under section 24 of this Act, the owner of property cannot be found in Belize or is proved to be evading personal service, the summons may be served by, (a) leaving it at the usual or last known place of abode of such owner with some adult inmate and explaining the purport thereof to such inmate; (b) leaving it affixed to the door or any external wall of any building, or if there be no building, to a tree or post (the driving or placing of which post for such purpose shall not be actionable), on the property for which the rate is sought to be recovered; or (c) publishing a copy of the said summons in the Gazette and a national newspaper.