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IPC Section 3 - Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India
Last Updated: 01 Nov, 2026
By Advocate Chikirsha Mohanty
(Section is included as a subsection in BNS sans heading. “Indian laws” is replaced with “law" and “for the time being in force in India" is inserted.)
Please refer to BNS 1 for updated procedures & punishments.
Any person liable, by any Indian law, to be tried for an offence committed beyond India shall be dealt with according to the provisions of this Code for any act committed beyond India in the same manner as if such act had been committed within India.
Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India
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