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SECTION 4 IPC - Indian Penal Code - Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
Last Updated: 01 Dec, 2024
By Advocate Chikirsha Mohanty
(Section is included as a subsection in BNS sans heading. In the illustration, "Uganda" has been replaced with "any place outside India.")
Please refer to BNS 1 for updated procedures & punishments.
- any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India;
- any person on any ship or aircraft registered in India wherever it may be.
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