CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
64. Service when persons summoned cannot be found
66. Service when persons summoned cannot be found
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
64. Service when persons summoned cannot be found.—Where the person summoned cannot, by the exercise
of due diligence, be found, the summons may be served by leaving one of the duplicates for him with some adult
male member of his family residing with him, and the person with whom the summons is so left shall, if so required
by the serving officer, sign a receipt therefor on the back of the other duplicate.
Explanation.—A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this section.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
66. Service when persons summoned cannot be found.—Where the person summoned cannot, by
the exercise of due diligence, be found, the summons may be served by leaving one of the duplicates for
him with some adult member of his family residing with him, and the person with whom the summons is
so left shall, if so required by the serving officer, sign a receipt therefor on the back of the other duplicate.
Explanation.—A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this section.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023