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C-25.1 - Code of Penal Procedure

Section 21
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21. Service by a peace officer or bailiff is made by delivery of the proceeding to the addressee. It may also be made at the addressee’s residence by delivery of the proceeding to a person who appears to be capable of receiving it.
Service on a legal person may be made at its head office, one of its establishments or the establishment of one of its agents by delivery of the proceeding to one of its directors, officers or agents or to a person in charge of the premises. Service may also be made by delivering the proceeding to one of its directors, officers or agents, regardless of location.
Service may also be made by delivery of the proceeding to a person designated by the addressee or to a person in charge of the addressee’s elected domicile recorded in the register of enterprises. If the addressee has no residence, head office, establishment, or agent having an establishment in Québec, service may be made by delivering the proceeding, including those mentioned in article 19.1, to the attorney representing the addressee.
If the proceeding cannot be delivered, the person serving the proceeding shall record that fact, along with the place, date and time of the unsuccessful delivery, and shall leave the proceeding at an appropriate place in a sealed envelope or in any other form that protects its confidentiality. Service is deemed to have been made on that date, unless imprisonment of the addressee is requested.
1987, c. 96, a. 21; 2020, c. 12, s. 7.
21. Service by a peace officer or bailiff is made by delivery of the proceeding to the person for whom it is intended. It may also be made at his residence by delivery of the proceeding to a reasonable person living there.
Service on a legal person may be made at its head office, one of its places of business or the place of business of one of its agents by delivery of the proceeding to one of its officers or agents or a person in charge of the premises.
1987, c. 96, a. 21.
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