Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 64
Summons how served
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BNSS Section 64 deals with summons how served and replaces CrPC 62.
Bare act text — BNSS 64
64. Summons how served.
(1) Every summons shall be served by a police officer, or subject to such rules as the State Government may make in this behalf, by an officer of the Court issuing it or other public servant: Provided that the police station or the registrar in the Court shall maintain a register to enter the address, email address, phone number and such other details as the State Government may, by rules, provide.
(2) The summons shall, if practicable, be served personally on the person summoned, by delivering or tendering to him one of the duplicates of the summons: Provided that summons bearing the image of Court's seal may also be served by electronic communication in such form and in such manner, as the State Government may, by rules, provide.
(3) Every person on whom a summons is so served personally shall, if so required by the serving officer, sign a receipt therefor on the back of the other duplicate.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 62 → BNSS 64: Two new provisos regarding electronic communication, under subsections (1) and (2), are added.
- CrPC 62 → BNSS 64: The word "personally" is added in sub-section (3).
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 64 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 64 (Summons how served) replaces Section 62 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 62 is now BNSS 64.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 59 — Police to report apprehensions
- BNSS 60 — Discharge of person apprehended
- BNSS 61 — Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
- BNSS 62 — Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita
- BNSS 63 — Form of summons
- BNSS 65 — Service of summons on corporate bodies, firms, and societies
- BNSS 66 — Service when persons summoned cannot be found
- BNSS 67 — Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
- BNSS 68 — Service on Government servant
- BNSS 69 — Service of summons outside local limits