Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 68

BNSS 68: earlier CrPC 66

Section 68 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 66 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 68 deals with service on Government servant. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 68 was CrPC 66.

Service on Government servant.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VI
s. 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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 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.
Text from India Code

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