CrPC § 64 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 64 CrPC — Service when persons summoned cannot be found
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 66 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 66 — Service when persons summoned cannot be found
Where the person summoned cannot, by the exercise of due diligence, be found, the summons may be served by leaving one of the duplicates for him with some adult member of his family residing with him, and the person with whom the summons is so left shall, if so required by the serving officer, sign a receipt therefor on the back of the other duplicate.
Explanation.—A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this section.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 66 in full