CrPC Section 67: Service of summons outside local limits
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 6: Processes
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
67. Service of summons outside local limits .- When a Court desires that a summons issued by it shall be served at any place outside its local jurisdiction, it shall ordinarily send summons in duplicate to a Magistrate within whose local jurisdiction the person summoned resides, or is, to be there served.
Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 61. Form of summons
- 62. Summons how served
- 63. Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies
- 64. Service when persons summoned cannot be found
- 65. Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
- 66. Service on Government servant
- 68. Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
- 69. Service of summons on witness by post
- 70. Form of warrant of arrest and duration
- 71. Power to direct security to be taken
- 72. Warrants to whom directed
- 73. Warrant may be directed to any person
- 74. Warrant directed to police officer
- 75. Notification of substance of warrant
- 76. Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
- 77. Where warrant may be executed
- 78. Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction
- 79. Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction
- 80. Procedure of arrest of person against whom warrant issued
- 81. Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought
- 82. Proclamation for person absconding
- 83. Attachment of property of person absconding
- 84. Claims and objections to attachment
- 85. Release, sale and restoration of attached property
- 86. Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property
- 87. Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons
- 88. Power to take bond for appearance
- 89. Arrest on breach of bond for appearance
- 90. Provisions of this Chapter generally applicable to summons and warrants of arrest