Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
CrPC Section 64 in BNSS
§ 64 CrPC→§ 66 BNSS
Service when person summoned cannot be found. Section 64 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Service when person summoned cannot be found) corresponds to Section 66 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.
Sections either side of it
How the neighbouring provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 were renumbered:
| CrPC | Provision | BNSS |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours | 58 |
| 61 | Form of summons | 63 |
| 62 | Summons how served | 64 |
| 70 | Form of warrant of arrest and duration | 72 |
| 82 | Proclamation for person absconding | 84 |
| 83 | Attachment of property of person absconding | 85 |
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