LawgistThe Code of Criminal Procedure
64Service 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.
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A.--Summons
- 61 Form of summons
- 62 Summons how served
- 63 Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies
- 64 Service when persons summoned cannot be found
- 65 Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
- 66 Service on Government servant
- 67 Service of summons outside local limits
- 68 Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
- 69 Service of summons on witness by post
