67. If service cannot by the exercise of due diligence be effected as provided in section 64, section 65 or section 66, the serving officer shall affix one of the duplicates of the summons to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which the person summoned ordinarily resides; and thereupon the Court, after making such inquiries as it thinks fit, may either declare that the summons has been duly served or order fresh service in such manner as it considers proper.
BNSS Section 67: Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
Section 67 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided. It replaces CrPC 65 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
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Text of BNSS Section 67
CrPC sections replaced
- CrPC 65: Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
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