Service of writ

(1) A writ of subpoena may be served by a person authorised under sections 73 and 78 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, delivering a copy thereof to the witness personally or, if he cannot, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, be encountered, leaving a copy of it with some person for him at his last or most usual place of abode. CAP. 91. CAP. 91. (2) Service of a writ of subpoena may be proved in manner provided by section 74 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act. (3) No fee shall be payable for the service of the writ, except in respect of any witness required for the defence, in any event other than that of a capital offence, whose deposition has not been taken at the preliminary inquiry and transmitted with the documents in the cause, and in that case the officer shall not serve the writ until a reasonable sum has been lodged with the Registrar by the accused person for the expense of the service.