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Every notice under this Chapter shall be sent to a Magistrate, who shall cause it to be served in the manner provided for the service of summonses under the Code of Criminal Procedure for the time being in force: Provided that if service in such manner cannot by exercise of due diligence be effected, the serving officer shall, where the notice is directed to the keeper of the press, affix a copy thereof to some conspicuous part of the place where the press is situate, as described in the keeper's declaration under section 3 of the Travancore Press Act, 1079 or section 4 of the Cochin Press and Registration of Books Act, VII of 1097, as the case may be, and where the notice is directed to the publisher of a newspaper, to some conspicuous part of the premises where the publication of such newspaper is conducted as given in the publishers' declaration under section 7 of the Travancore Press Act, 1079 or section 5 of the Cochin Press and registration of Books Act VII of 1097, as the case may be, and thereupon the notice shall be deemed to have been duly served.