CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
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113. Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
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BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
113. Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for
investigation in India.—(1) Upon receipt of a letter of request from a Court or an authority in a country or
place outside India competent to issue such letter in that country or place for the examination of any person
or production of any document or thing in relation to an offence under investigation in that country or place,
the Central Government may, if it thinks fit—
(i) forward the same to the Chief Judicial Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate as he may appoint in
this behalf, who shall thereupon summon the person before him and record his statement or cause the
document or thing to be produced; or
(ii) send the letter to any police officer for investigation, who shall thereupon investigate into the
offence in the same manner,
as if the offence had been committed within India.
(2) All the evidence taken or collected under sub-section (1), or authenticated copies thereof or the
thing so collected, shall be forwarded by the Magistrate or police officer, as the case may be, to the Central
Government for transmission to the Court or the authority issuing the letter of request, in such manner as
the Central Government may deem fit.
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