The text has changed

BNSS Section 66 is now CrPC Section 64

66.Service when persons summoned cannot be found.(Change)

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Old law

BNSS §66

66.Service when persons summoned cannot be found.(Change)

66. 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.
Read more: BNSS §66

New law

CrPC §64

64. Service when persons summoned cannot be found.

64. 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.
Read more: CrPC §64

Cases registered before 1 July 2024 continue under the old code. This is educational information, not legal advice.