Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 → Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
CrPC 64BNSS 66
Service when persons summoned cannot be found
Canonical: https://www.vakilpedia.com/crpc-64-to-bnss
What changed
- The word "male" is excluded to make the provision gender neutral.
Drafting-ready
Under Section 66 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 64 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...
Bare act text — BNSS 66
66. Service 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 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.
Frequently asked
What is CrPC 64 equivalent in BNSS?
CrPC Section 64 (Service when persons summoned cannot be found) corresponds to Section 66 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
What changed between CrPC 64 and BNSS 66?
The word "male" is excluded to make the provision gender neutral.
How do I cite BNSS 66 in a pleading?
Under Section 66 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 64 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...
Need another section? The full converter covers CrPC to BNSS, CrPC to BNSS and IEA to BSA.
Open the converterNearby CrPC sections
- CrPC 60 → BNSS 61 — Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
- CrPC 60A → BNSS 62 — Arrest to be made strictly according to the Sanhita
- CrPC 61 → BNSS 63 — Form of summons
- CrPC 62 → BNSS 64 — Summons how served
- CrPC 63 → BNSS 65 — Service of summons on corporate bodies, firms, and societies
- CrPC 65 → BNSS 67 — Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
- CrPC 66 → BNSS 68 — Service on Government servant
- CrPC 67 → BNSS 69 — Service of summons outside local limits
- CrPC 68 → BNSS 70 — Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
- CrPC 69 → BNSS 71 — Service of summons on witness by post