Section 70: Service when person summoned cannot be found
The Code of Criminal Procedure · Code of Criminal Procedure · Chapter VI · in_force
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Where the person summoned cannot by the exercise of due diligence be found, the summons may be served by leaving one of the duplicates for him with some adult male member of his family, [* * *], and the person with whom the summons is so left shall, [* * *] sign a receipt therefore on the back of the other duplicate.
Effective date: 1898-07-01
Related sections
Section 69: Summons how servedSection 71: Procedure when service cannot be effected as before providedSection 68: Form of summonsSection 72: [Service on servant of State, Statutory Body or Company.] (1) Where the personSection 67: Provisions of sections 47, 48 and 49 to apply to arrests under section 66Section 73: Service of summons outside local limits
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