Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter VI: Processes to Compel Appearance · A.–Summons
Section 63: Service of summons on corporate bodies and societies
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
In plain words
A summons to a company or registered society can be served on its secretary, local manager or principal officer, or by registered post to its chief officer in India, in which case service is treated as made when the letter would normally arrive.
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Official 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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Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 63
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