(1) When a summons
issued by a Court is served outside its local jurisdiction, and in any case where the officer who has served
a summons is not present at the hearing of the case, an affidavit, purporting to be made before a Magistrate,
that such summons has been served, and a duplicate of the summons purporting to be endorsed (in the
manner provided by section 64 or section 66) by the person to whom it was delivered or tendered or with
whom it was left, shall be admissible in evidence, and the statements made therein shall be deemed to be
correct unless and until the contrary is proved.
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