Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 70

BNSS 70: earlier CrPC 68(1) and 68(2)

Section 70 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Sections 68(1) and 68(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 70 deals with proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present. The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. 70(3) is new. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 70 was CrPC 68(1) and 68(2).

Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. 70(3) is new.

Modified
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VI
s. 68(1)of section 68
Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
(1) When a summons issued by a Court is served outside its local jurisdiction, and in any case where the officer who has served a summons is not present at the hearing of the case, an affidavit, purporting to be made before a Magistrate, that such summons has been served, and a duplicate of the summons purporting to be endorsed (in the manner provided by section 62 or section 64) by the person to whom it was delivered or tendered or with whom it was left, shall be admissible in evidence, and the statements made therein shall be deemed to be correct unless and until the contrary is proved.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 70(1)of section 70
Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present.
(1) When a summons issued by a Court is served outside its local jurisdiction, and in any case where the officer who has served a summons is not present at the hearing of the case, an affidavit, purporting to be made before a Magistrate, that such summons has been served, and a duplicate of the summons purporting to be endorsed (in the manner provided by section 64 or section 66) by the person to whom it was delivered or tendered or with whom it was left, shall be admissible in evidence, and the statements made therein shall be deemed to be correct unless and until the contrary is proved.
Text from India Code

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