# Section 209 of THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA BNSS 2023

> Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India.209. When any offence alleged to have been committed in a territory outside India is being inquired into or tried under the provisions…

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Author: Sudhir Rao — Advocate, Supreme Court of India  
Category: BNSS  
Published: 2024-09-08

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**Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India.**

**209.**When 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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