(1) If the person to be summoned by Gram Panchayat in a suit, case or proceeding, as the case may be, resides outside the jurisdiction of the Gram Panchayat in Himachal Pradesh, the Gram Panchayat shall send the summons, by post or otherwise to the Gram Panchayat or the court within whose jurisdiction the person on whom it is to be served, resides and such Gram Panchayat or Court shall cause it to be served as if it were its own summons and shall return the duplicate to the Gram Panchayat concerned.
(2) If the person to be summoned by the Gram Panchayat in a suit, case or proceedings resides outside Himachal Pradesh, the Gram Panchayat shall send the summons by post to the Civil Court within whose jurisdiction the person on whom it is to be served, resides and such court shall cause it to be served as if it were its own summons and shall return the duplicate to the Gram Panchayat concerned. If the person summoned under this rule is a witness, the Gram Panchayat shall require the person at whose instance the summon is to be issued to deposit diet money payable to the witness under these rules before the summons are issued. The amount of the diet money shall be noted on the summon and shall be paid to the witness on his appearance.