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B.N.S.S. 2023

Section 208, B.N.S.S.

In force from 1 July 2024

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Public International Law

State Jurisdiction

State jurisdiction asks a basic question of Public International Law: when may a state make, enforce and apply its law to a person, a thing or an event? The topic covers the three kinds of jurisdiction, the five recognised bases (the "keys") on which a state may claim jurisdiction, the two limits (…

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  1. 1 Under the proviso to Section 208, B.N.S.S., an offence committed outside India by a citizen of India cannot be inquired into or tried in India without the previous sanction of which authority?
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