BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 47 — Abetment in India of offences outside India.
Replaces IPC Section 108A.
A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Sanhita who, in India, abets the commission of any act without and beyond India which would constitute an offence if committed in India. Illustration. A, in India, instigates B, a foreigner in country X, to commit a murder in that country, A is guilty of abetting murder.
Nearby sections
- 44 Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person.
- 45 Abetment of a thing.
- 46 Abettor.
- 48 Abetment outside India for offence in India.
- 49 Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment.
- 50 Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor.
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