CrPC 189 — Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

When any offence alleged to have
been  committed  in  a  territory  outside  India  is  being  inquired  into  or  tried  under  the  provisions  of  section  188,  the
Central  Government  may,  if  it  thinks  fit,  direct  that  copies  of  depositions  made  or  exhibits  produced  before  a
Judicial officer in or for that territory or before a diplomatic or consular representative of India in or for that territory
shall be received as evidence by the Court holding such inquiry or trial in any case in which such Court might issue a commission for taking evidence as to the matters to which such depositions or exhibits relate.

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