Manner of serving summons.
Section 396
SEC. 396. Manner of serving summons. — The summons must be served by delivering a copy thereof, as follows: 1. If the suit is against a corporation formed under the laws of the Philippine Islands, to the president or other head of the corporation, secretary, cashier, or managing agent thereof; 2. If the suit is against a foreign corporation, or a nonresident joint stock company, or association doing business in and having a managing or business agent, cashier, or secretary within the Philippine Islands, to such agent, cashier, or secretary; 3. If against a minor under the age of thirteen years, residing within the Philippine Islands, to such minor, personally, and also his father, mother, or guardian; or, if there be none within the Islands, then to any person having the care or control of such minor, or with whom he resides, or in whose service he is employed. 4. If against a person residing within the Islands who has been judicially declared of unsound mind, or incapable of conducting his own affairs, and for whom a guardian has been appointed, to such person and also to his guardian; 5. If against a province, city, municipality, or pueblo, to the mayor or president, or other head of the legislative department thereof, or to the clerk or secretary thereof ; 6. In all other cases, to the defendant personally, or by leaving a copy at his usual place of residence, in the hands of some person resident therein of sufficient discretion to receive the same. But service upon a corporation, as provided in subsections one and two, may be made by leaving the copy at the office of the proper officer thereof if such officer can not be found.