Unless otherwise provided for in any other legislative instrument, a copy of the process shall be served as follows: 1.For the ministries, federal and local government bodies, public authorities and public institutions of all types, the process shall be served upon their legal representative; 2.For the private legal persons, private societies, companies and organizations, private sole proprietorships and foreign companies that have a branch or representative office in the State, if the process is relating to the company's branch, it shall be served according to the provisions of Article [9.1] of this Code, and shall be delivered at their headquarters to their legal representative or any person acting on his behalf or any partner thereof, as the case may be. If neither the legal representative nor any person acting on his behalf is available, the process shall be delivered to any employee of their office. If the organization concerned has no headquarters or is closed, or if its manager or any of its employees refuses to receive the process, the same shall be served by positing on the court's website, by directly posting the process on the door without permission of the court, or by publication, as the case may be; 4.For members of the armed forces or the police or the like, the process shall be served upon their competent department as instructed by the aforesaid bodies; 4.For the persons in prison and detention, the process shall be delivered to their place of existence for service, and the delivery of the papers required to be served upon the intended person shall be established; 5.For the seafarers or crew members of commercial vessels, the process shall be delivered to their captain for service. If the vessel has already set out from the port, the process shall be delivered to its shipping agent; and 6.For the persons whose whereabouts are outside the State and could not be served by way of the means of communication, private companies or firms, or the way agreed upon by the parties, the process shall be submitted to the Ministry of Justice, in order to be referred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, so as to be delivered to the diplomatic mission concerned in the State, unless the means of service is such a case is regulated by special agreements.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.