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IPC Section 4 - Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 4 deals with extension of code to extra-territorial offences.
Full official legal text
4. Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences. The provisions of this Code apply also to any
offence committed by--
10[(1) any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India;
(2) any person on any ship or aircraft registered in India wherever it may be.]
11[(3) any person in any place without and beyond India committing offence targeting a computer
resource located in India.]
12[Explanation.--In this section--
(a) the word "offence" includes every act committed outside India which, if committed in
India, would be punishable under this Code;
(b) the expression "computer resource" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause ( k) of
sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000);]
1[Illustration]
2***A, 3[who is 4[a citizen of India]], commits a murder in Uganda. He can be tri ed and convicted of
of murder in any place in 5[India] in which he may be found.
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