Syariah Criminal Procedure (Federal Territories) Act 1997 s 30
s 30 Procedure when personal service cannot be effected
When the person to be summoned cannot by the exercise of due diligence be found and service cannot be effected as directed by subsection 29(3), the serving officer shall affix a copy of the summons to some conspicuous part of the house or other place in which the person summoned ordinarily resides, and in such case the summons shall be deemed to have been duly served.
Malay text (authoritative)
Tatacara apabila penyampaian diri tidak dapat dilaksanakan
Jika orang yang hendak disaman itu tidak dijumpai setelah usaha wajar dijalankan dan penyampaian tidak dapat dilaksanakan sebagaimana yang diarahkan oleh subseksyen 29(3), pegawai penyampai itu hendaklah menampalkan suatu salinan saman itu di suatu bahagian yang ketara di rumah itu atau tempat lain di mana orang yang disaman itu pada lazimnya tinggal, dan dalam hal sedemikian, saman itu hendaklah disifatkan telah disampaikan dengan sewajarnya.
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).