4. Extension of Code
to extra-territorial offences.- The provisions of
this Code apply also to any offence committed by-
(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.
*[(3) any person in any place without and beyond India committing
offence targeting a computer resource locating in India.]
*[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)]
Illustration
A, who is a citizen of India, commits a murder in Uganda.
He can be tried and convicted of murder in any place in India
in which he may be found.
*[Sub-clause (3) inserted and Explanation substituted with
Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008]
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