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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India

Repealed From 01 Apr 1974 Act 2 of 1974 As on 17 Oct 2026

Act 2 of 1974 Ministry Home Affairs Enacted 25 Jan 1974 In force 01 Apr 1974

This provision is repealed. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024. It is reproduced because conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

Section 189 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with 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 territo The Act came into force on 01 Apr 1974. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

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 holdings 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 exhibits relate.

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Section 189, The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974).

Now in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 209 Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India Text carried over almost unchanged 95%

Measured by comparing the text of the two provisions, not taken from an official correspondence table — there is no machine-readable one. See both texts side by side before relying on it.

Both regimes are live. The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force. We never redirect one to the other.

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

This section refers to

  1. s. 188 Offence committed outside India

Questions about Section 189

What does Section 189 of the Code of Criminal Procedure deal with?

Section 189 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is headed "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 territo

How do I find court cases under Section 189 of the Code of Criminal Procedure?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: CRPC 189, section 189 CRPC, section 189 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 189 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 188 (Offence committed outside India), so none of them can safely be read on its own. For anything done on or after 1 July 2024 the provision to read is BNSS 209 (Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India), which replaced it; conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under this section.

When did Section 189 of the Code of Criminal Procedure come into force?

Section 189 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, cited as CRPC 189, came into force on 01 Apr 1974, having been enacted on 25 Jan 1974. It is no longer in force.

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