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Act No. 1956 Section 22

Section 22

SEC. 22. A copy of said petition, with a copy of the order to show cause, shall be served on the debtor, in the same manner as is provided by law for the service of summons in civil actions, but such service shall be made at least five days before the time fixed for the hearing: Provided, That if, for any reason, the service is not made, the order may be renewed, and the time and place of hearing changed by supplemental order of the court. Whenever the debtor on whom service is to be made resides out of the Philippine Islands; or has departed from the Philippine Islands; or can not, after due diligence, be found within the Philippine Islands; or conceals himself to avoid the service of the order to the cause, or any other process or orders in the made; or is a foreign corporation having no managing or business agent, cashier for secretary within the Philippine Islands upon whom service can be made, and such facts arc shown to the court or a judge thereof, by affidavit, such court or judge thereof shall make an order that the service of such order, or other process, be made by publication, in the same manner, and with the same effect, as service of summons by publication in ordinary civil actions.

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