Customs Consolidation Act, 1876

Service of summons.

227. Every summons issued by a justice of the peace under the Customs Acts, either to bring any person before him to answer any information or complaint, or any person to appear before him to testify what he may know concerning the matter of such information, wherever in the United Kingdom such person may be or reside, shall be deemed to be sufficiently served by any officer of Customs or other duly authorised person delivering the same to the party summoned personally, or by leaving the same at his last known place of abode or business in the United Kingdom, or on board any ship or vessel to which he may belong or may have lately belonged.