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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 435: State Government to act after consultation with Central Government in certain cases
- Section 144: Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger
- Section 350: Summary procedure for punishment for non-attendance by a witness in obedience to summons
- Section 86: Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property
- Section 353: Judgment
Related Acts
- Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023
- Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024
- Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020
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