Section 68 Earlier CrPC 66
Service on Government servant
Chapter 6: Processes to compel appearance
(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.
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
- 69Service of summons outside local limitsCrPC 67
- 70Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not presentCrPC 68
- 71Service of summons on witnessCrPC 69