Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 69

BNSS 69: earlier CrPC 67

Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 67 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 69 deals with service of summons outside local limits. 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 69 was CrPC 67.

Service of summons outside local limits.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VI
s. 67
Service of summons outside local limits
When a Court desires that a summons issued by it shall be served at any place outside its local jurisdiction, it shall ordinarily send such summons in duplicate to a Magistrate within whose local jurisdiction the person summoned resides, or is, to be there served.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 69
Service of summons outside local limits.
When a Court desires that a summons issued by it shall be served at any place outside its local jurisdiction, it shall ordinarily send such summons in duplicate to a Magistrate within whose local jurisdiction the person summoned resides, or is, to be there served.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 67 · Service of summons outside local lim…
BNSS 68 · Service on Government servant.BNSS 70 · Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present.

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