42. Form of summons
Feedback & supportEvery summons to appear issued by a court under this Code shall be in writing and signed by a Magistrate or District Judge, as the case may be, or in the case of the High Court by a Judge of that Court or by the Registrar, and shall bear the seal of the court.[Forms 1 and 30.]
writing
“writing” and “written” include printing, lithography, photography, engraving and every other mode in which words or figures can be expressed on paper or on any substance;
Such summons may be served by a police officer or by an officer of a Magistrate’s Court or District Court, and, if the summons is in connection with an offence under an Act which it is the duty of a Government department to enforce, by an officer of that Government department. The court issuing the summons may, if it sees fit, direct it to be served by any other person.
police officer
“police officer” means a person employed for police duties under any written law in force in Singapore relating to the raising or maintenance of a police force or invested under such written law with the powers of a police officer thereunder;
Every such summons shall remain in force until it is cancelled by the court or until the person summoned is discharged therefrom by a court.
When a summons cannot be served within such time as will give reasonable notice to the person summoned to attend the court on the date stated therein, the court may in writing substitute some later date for the date so stated.[41