BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 68 — Service on Government servant.
Replaces CrPC Section 66.
(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.
Nearby sections
- 65 Service of summons on corporate bodies, firms, and societies.
- 66 Service when persons summoned cannot be found.
- 67 Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided.
- 69 Service of summons outside local limits.
- 70 Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present.
- 71 Service of summons on witness.
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