Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

CrPC § 72 — 5[Service on servant of State [Statutory body or Company]

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Statutory text (English)

(1) Where the person
summoned is in the active service of the 6[State] or of a 7[8[a]statutory body or a company], the
Court issuing the summons shall ordinarily send it in duplicate to the head of the office in which
such person is employed; and such head shall thereupon cause the summons to be served in
manner provided by Section 69, and shall return it to the Court under his signature with the
endorsement required by that section.

(2) Such signature shall be evidence of due service.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.72: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 41, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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