CrPC Section 189: Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 13: Jurisdiction of the criminal courts in inquiries and trials
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ 189. Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India.- 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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Now BNSS 209 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p11
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Other sections in this chapter
- 177. Ordinary place of inquiry and trial
- 178. Place of inquiry or trial
- 179. Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues
- 180. Place of trial where act is offence by reason of relation to other offence
- 181. Place of trial in case of certain offences
- 182. Offences committed by letters, etc
- 183. Offence committed on journey or voyage
- 184. Place of trial for offences triable together
- 185. Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions
- 186. High Court to decide, in case of doubt, district where inquiry or trial shall take place
- 187. Power to issue summons or warrant for offence committed beyond local jurisdiction
- 188. Offence committed outside India