CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
66. Service on Government servant
68. Service on Government servant
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
66. Service on Government servant.—(1) Where the person summoned is in the active service of the
Government, the Court issuing the summons shall ordinarily send it in duplicate to the head of the office in which
such person is employed; and such head shall thereupon cause the summons to be served in the manner provided by
section 62, and shall return it to the Court under his signature with the endorsement required by that section.
(2) Such signature shall be evidence of due service.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
68. Service on Government servant.—(1) Where the person summoned is in the active service of the
Government, the Court issuing the summons shall ordinarily send it in duplicate to the head of the office in
which such person is employed; and such head shall thereupon cause the summons to be served in the
manner provided by section 64, and shall return it to the Court under his signature with the endorsement
required by that section.
(2) Such signature shall be evidence of due service.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023