Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 68
Service on Government servant
In one line
BNSS Section 68 deals with service on government servant and replaces CrPC 66.
Bare act text — BNSS 68
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.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 68 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 68 (Service on Government servant) replaces Section 66 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 66 is now BNSS 68.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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 67 — Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
- 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
- BNSS 73 — Power to direct security to be taken