Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 67
Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
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BNSS Section 67 deals with procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided and replaces CrPC 65.
Bare act text — BNSS 67
67. Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided.
If service cannot by the exercise of due diligence be effected as provided in section 64, section 65 or section 66, the serving officer shall affix one of the duplicates of the summons to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which the person summoned ordinarily resides; and thereupon the Court, after making such inquiries as it thinks fit, may either declare that the summons has been duly served or order fresh service in such manner as it considers proper.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 67 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 67 (Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided) replaces Section 65 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 65 is now BNSS 67.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 62 — Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita
- BNSS 63 — Form of summons
- BNSS 64 — Summons how served
- BNSS 65 — Service of summons on corporate bodies, firms, and societies
- BNSS 66 — Service when persons summoned cannot be found
- BNSS 68 — Service on Government servant
- BNSS 69 — Service of summons outside local limits
- BNSS 70 — Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
- BNSS 71 — Service of summons on witness
- BNSS 72 — Form of warrant of arrest and duration