Section 69 Earlier CrPC 67
Service of summons outside local limits
Chapter 6: Processes to compel appearance
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.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 65Service of summons on corporate bodies, firms, and societiesCrPC 63
- 66Service when persons summoned cannot be foundCrPC 64
- 67Procedure when service cannot be effected as before providedCrPC 65
- 68Service on Government servantCrPC 66
- 70Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not presentCrPC 68
- 71Service of summons on witnessCrPC 69