Code of Criminal Procedure
CrPC 66 is now BNSS 68.
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