CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
65. Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
67. Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
65. Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided.—If service cannot by the exercise of due
diligence be effected as provided in section 62, section 63 or section 64, the serving officer shall affix one of the
1. Ins. by Act 5 of 2009, s.10 (w.e.f. 31-12-2009).
duplicates of the summons to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which the person summoned
ordinarily resides; and thereupon the Court, after making such inquiries as it thinks fit, may either declare that the
summons has been duly served or order fresh service in such manner as it considers proper.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
67. Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided.—If service cannot by the
exercise of due diligence be effected as provided in section 64, section 65 or section 66, the serving officer
shall affix one of the duplicates of the summons to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in
which the person summoned ordinarily resides; and thereupon the Court, after making such inquiries as it
thinks fit, may either declare that the summons has been duly served or order fresh service in such manner
as it considers proper.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023