Code of Criminal Procedure
CrPC 63 is now BNSS 65(1).
Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. BNSS 65(2) is new, with no CrPC counterpart.
Modified
91% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VI
s. 63
Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies
Service of a summons on a corporation may be effected by serving it on the secretary, local manager or other principal officer of the corporation, or by letter sent by registered post, addressed to the chief officer of the corporation in India, in which case the service shall be deemed to have been effected when the letter would arrive in ordinary course of post.
Explanation.—In this section, “corporation” means an incorporated company or other body corporate and includes a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860).
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 65(1)of section 65
Service of summons on corporate bodies, firms, and societies.
(1) Service of a summons on a company or corporation may be effected by serving it on the Director, Manager, Secretary or other officer of the company or corporation, or by letter sent by registered post addressed to the Director, Manager, Secretary or other officer of the company or corporation in India, in which case the service shall be deemed to have been effected when the letter would arrive in ordinary course of post.
Explanation.—In this section, “company” means a body corporate and “corporation” means an incorporated company or other body corporate registered under the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) or a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860).
Text from India Code