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Section 62 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
62.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.
(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.
(3) Every person on whom a summons is so served shall, if so required by the serving officer, sign a receipt therefor on the back of the other duplicate.
Related Sections
- Section 303: Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
- Section 284: When attendance of witness may be dispensed with and commission issued
- Section 289: Adjournment of proceeding
- Section 163: No inducement to be offered
- Section 295: Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servant
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