CrPC: Chapter 6: Processes - Compel Appearance
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
- Section 61. Form of summons
- Section 62. Summons how served
- Section 63. Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies
- Section 64. Service when persons summoned cannot be found
- Section 65. Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
- Section 66. Service on Government servant
- Section 67. Service of summons outside local limits
- Section 68. Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
- Section 69. Service of summons on witness by post
- Section 70. Form of warrant of arrest and duration
- Section 71. Power to direct security to be taken
- Section 72. Warrants to whom directed
- Section 73. Warrant may be directed to any person
- Section 74. Warrant directed to police officer
- Section 75. Notification of substance of warrant
- Section 76. Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
- Section 77. Where warrant may be executed
- Section 78. Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction
- Section 79. Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction
- Section 80. Procedure of arrest of person against whom warrant issued
- Section 81. Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought
- Section 82. Proclamation for person absconding
- Section 83. Attachment of property of person absconding
- Section 84. Claims and objections to attachment
- Section 85. Release, sale and restoration of attached property
- Section 86. Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property
- Section 87. Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons
- Section 88. Power to take bond for appearance
- Section 89. Arrest on breach of bond for appearance
- Section 90. Provisions of this Chapter generally applicable to summons and warrants of arrest
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