1Notifications to the victim of the criminal offence are served in the same way as done for the notification of the free defendant for the first time. If places mentioned in Article 140 are not known, notification shall be done by filing the document in the secretary. If documents indicate that his/her residence or domicile is abroad, he is invited by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt, to declare or elect his/her domicile within the Albanian territory. If the statement or election of domicile is not made, within twenty days of receipt of the registered mail, notification shall be served by filing the document to the secretary.
2Notification of the first summon to the civil defendant shall be served in the forms established for the first notification of a free defendant.
3Notifications to the civil plaintiff and to the civil defendant shall be served to their representatives.