Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
BNSS 209 was CrPC 189.
Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.
Modified
97% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XIII
s. 189
Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India
When any offence alleged to have been committed in a territory outside India is being inquired into or tried under the provisions of section 188, the Central Government may, if it thinks fit, direct that copies of depositions made or exhibits produced before a Judicial officer in or for that territory or before a diplomatic or consular representative of India in or for that territory shall be received as evidence by the Court holding such inquiry or trial in any case in which such Court might issue a commission for taking evidence as to the matters to which such depositions or exhibits relate.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XIV
s. 209
Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India.
When any offence alleged to have been committed in a territory outside India is being inquired into or tried under the provisions of section 208, the Central Government may, if it thinks fit, direct that copies of depositions made or exhibits produced, either in physical form or in electronic form, before a judicial officer, in or for that territory or before a diplomatic or consular representative of India in or for that territory shall be received as evidence by the Court holding such inquiry or trial in any case in which such Court might issue a commission for taking evidence as to the matters to which such depositions or exhibits relate.
Text from India Code