BNSS Section 69: Service of summons outside local limits
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 6: Processes to Compel Appearance
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69. When a Court desires that a summons issued by it shall be served at any place outside its local jurisdiction, it shall ordinarily send such summons in duplicate to a Magistrate within whose local jurisdiction the person summoned resides, or is, to be there served.
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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
- 68. Service on Government servant
- 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