Receipt of Evidence relating to offences committed outside India
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Summary
When an alleged offence committed outside India is being inquired into or tried, the Central Government can order that copies of depositions or exhibits, in physical or electronic form, taken before a local judicial officer or before an Indian diplomatic or consular representative be received as evidence by the Indian court. This power applies only where the court could have issued a commission to take that evidence.
Example
Priya alleges a fraud that occurred abroad; witnesses gave depositions before an Indian consular officer there. The Central Government directs that copies of those depositions and scanned documents be received as evidence by the Indian court handling her case. The court admits the copies without issuing a commission overseas.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhen any offence alleged to have been committed in a territory outside India is being inquired into or tried under the provisions of section 208, the Central Government may, if it thinks fit, direct that copies of depositions made or exhibits produced, either in physical form or in electronic form, 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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