Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 186

186. (1) Where two or more parties are pleading together, they shall, on filing the pleading, apart from giving their respective addresses, designate, by means of a note, a person, being one of the persons mentioned in article 180, as that on whom the answer and any other act of the opposite party may be served on behalf of all the parties pleading, (2) If a pleading is directed against two or more persons, such persons may, on filing a joint answer, designate, by means of a note, a person, being one of the persons mentioned in article 180, as that on whom any act of the opposite party may be served on behalf of all of them. (3) Where a person is so designated, any service relating to the act in respect of which such designation was made, shall be effected on such person: Provided that any of such persons may by means of another note declare that he henceforth requires separate service at an address, being the address of his residence or place of business, to be indicated by him. Mode of service. Amended by: VII.1856.2; XV.1913.63; XIX.1965.8; XXVII.1979.13; XXIV.1995.95; XXII.2005.35; II.2012.3; IV.2016.7.