--(1) The request must be accompanied by a translation thereof in English, two copies of the process and, unless the foreign court or tribunal certifies that the person to be served understands the language of the process, two copies of a translation thereof.
--(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (5) and to any enactment providing for the manner of service of documents on corporate bodies, the process must be served by the process server leaving a copy of the process and a copy of the translation or certificate, as the case may be, with the person to be served.
--(3) On an application by the Attorney General, the court may make an order for service by a specified method under rule 5.12.
--(4) The process server must file at the court office a copy of the process and an affidavit, certificate or report proving due service of process or stating the reason why service could not be effected, as the case may be, and may, if the court so directs, specify the costs incurred in effecting or attempting to effect service.
--(5) The court office must send a certificate, together with a copy of the process, to the consular or other authority or the Minister, as the case may be, stating-
----(a) when and how service was effected or the reason why service could not be effected, as the case may be; and
----(b) where appropriate, the amount assessed by the court to be the costs of effecting or attempting to effect service.
--(6) The certificate under paragraph (5) must be sealed with the seal of the High Court.
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