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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 63

Service of Summons on Corporate Bodies and Societies

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 63 is part of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Service of Summons on Corporate Bodies and Societies. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Service of a summons on a corporation may be effected by serving it on the secretary, local manager or other principal officer of the corporation, or by letter sent by registered post, addressed to the chief officer of the corporation in India, in which case the service shall be deemed, to have been effected when the letter would arrive in ordinary course of post.

Explanation.In this section "corporation" means an incorporated company or other body corporate and includes a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860).

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What does Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 63 provide?

Section Section 63 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Service of Summons on Corporate Bodies and Societies) is reproduced on this page as part of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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