Code of Criminal Procedure
CrPC 64 is now BNSS 66.
Service when persons summoned cannot be found
Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VI
s. 64
Service when persons summoned cannot be found
Where the person summoned cannot, by the exercise of due diligence, be found, the summons may be served by leaving one of the duplicates for him with some adult male member of his family residing with him, and the person with whom the summons is so left shall, if so required by the serving officer, sign a receipt therefor on the back of the other duplicate.
Explanation.—A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this section.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 66
Service when persons summoned cannot be found.
Where the person summoned cannot, by the exercise of due diligence, be found, the summons may be served by leaving one of the duplicates for him with some adult member of his family residing with him, and the person with whom the summons is so left shall, if so required by the serving officer, sign a receipt therefor on the back of the other duplicate.
Explanation.—A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this section.
Text from India Code