BNSS Section 68: Service on Government servant
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 6: Processes to Compel Appearance
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68. (1) Where the person summoned is in the active service of the Government, the Court issuing the summons shall ordinarily send it in duplicate to the head of the office in which such person is employed; and such head shall thereupon cause the summons to be served in the manner provided by section 64, and shall return it to the Court under his signature with the endorsement required by that section. (2) Such signature shall be evidence of due service.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 63. Form of summons
- 64. Summons how served
- 65. Service of summons on corporate bodies, firms and societies
- 66. Service when persons summoned cannot be found
- 67. Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
- 69. Service of summons outside local limits
- 70. Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
- 71. Service of summons on witness
- 72. Form of warrant of arrest and duration
- 73. Power to direct security to be taken
- 74. Warrants to whom directed
- 75. Warrant may be directed to any person
- 76. Warrant directed to police officer
- 77. Notification of substance of warrant
- 78. Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
- 79. Where warrant may be executed
- 80. Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction
- 81. Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction
- 82. Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued
- 83. Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought
- 84. Proclamation for person absconding
- 85. Attachment of property of person absconding
- 86. Identification and attachment of property of proclaimed person
- 87. Claims and objections to attachment
- 88. Release, sale and restoration of attached property
- 89. Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property
- 90. Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons
- 91. Power to take bond or bail bond for appearance
- 92. Arrest on breach of bond or bail bond for appearance
- 93. Provisions of this Chapter generally applicable to summons and warrants of arrest