IPC Section 4 - Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences

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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