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Section 64 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
64.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 male 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.
Related Sections
- Section 62: Summons how served
- Section 415: Postponement of execution of sentence of death in case of appeal to Supreme Court
- Section 206: Special summons in cases of petty offence
- Section 235: Judgment of acquittal of conviction
- Section 443: Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken in insufficient
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- Repealing and Amending Act, 2015
- Repealing and Amending Act, 2019
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