CrPC § 66 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 66 CrPC — Service on Government Servant
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 68 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 68 — Service on Government servant
(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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 68 in full