CrPC § 74 — Proof of service in such cases and when serving 1[person] not present

Statutory text (English)

(1) When a summons
issued by a Court is served outside the local limits of its jurisdiction, and in any case where the 1[person]
who has served a summons is not present at the hearing of the case, an affidavit, purporting to be made
before a Magistrate, that such summons has been served, and a duplicate of the summons purporting to be
endorsed (in manner provided by section 69 and section 70) by the person to whom it was delivered or
tendered or with whom it was left, shall be admissible in evidence, and the statements made therein shall be
deemed to be correct unless and until the contrary is proved.

(2) The affidavit mentioned in this section may be attached to the duplicate of the summons and
returned to the Court.
B.-Warrant of Arrest

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.74: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 42, 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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