Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 69
Service of summons outside local limits
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BNSS Section 69 deals with service of summons outside local limits and replaces CrPC 67.
Bare act text — BNSS 69
69. Service of summons outside local limits.
When a Court desires that a summons issued by it shall be served at any place outside its local jurisdiction, it shall ordinarily send such summons in duplicate to a Magistrate within whose local jurisdiction the person summoned resides, or is, to be there served.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 69 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 69 (Service of summons outside local limits) replaces Section 67 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 67 is now BNSS 69.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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 68 — Service on Government servant
- 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
- BNSS 74 — Warrants to whom directed