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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

Section 3: Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Any person liable, by any 1[Indian law], to be tried for an offence committed beyond 2[India] shall be dealt with according to the provisions of this Code for any act committed beyond 2[India] in the same manner as if such act had been committed within 3[India].

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by the A.O. 1937 for “law passed by the Governor General of India in Council”.
  2. 2.The Original words “the limits of the said territories” have successively been amended by the A.O. 1937, the A.O.1948, the A.O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., to read as above.
  3. 3.The original words “the said territories” have successively been amended by the A.O. 1937, the A.O. 1948, the A.O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., (w.e.f. 3-4-1951) to read as above.

Now in the BNS

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

3. Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India.BNS 1(4)

Questions on this section

1 question in 4 of our papers cite Section 3. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Match List I (provisions of the BNS) with List II (corresponding provisions of the IPC): List I A. Section 103 BNS B. Section 106(1) BNS C. Section 190 BNS D. Section 196 BNS List II 1. Section 304A IPC 2. Section 302 IPC 3. Section 153A IPC 4. Section 149 IPC

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