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(1) Where a Court in the territories to which
this Sanhita extends (hereafter in this section referred to as the said territories)
desires that---
(a) a summons to an accused person; or
(b) a warrant for the arrest of an accused person; or
(c) a summons to any person requiring him to attend and produce a document or other thing, or to
produce it; or
(d) a search-warrant,
issued by it shall be served or executed at any place,---
(i) within the local jurisdiction of a Court in any State or area in India outside the said territories, it
may send such summons or warrant in duplicate by post or otherwise, to the presiding officer of that Court to be served or executed; and where any summons referred to in clause (a) or clause (c) has been so served, the provisions of section 70 shall apply in relation to such summons as if the presiding officer
of the Court to whom it is sent were a Magistrate in the said territories;
(ii) in any country or place outside India in respect of which arrangements have been made by the
Central Government with the Government of such country or place for service or execution of summons
or warrant in relation to criminal matters (hereafter in this section referred to as the contracting State),
it may send such summons or warrant in duplicate in such form, directed to such Court, Judge or
Magistrate, and send to such authority for transmission, as the Central Government may, by
notification, specify in this behalf.
(2) Where a Court in the said territories has received for service or execution---
(a) a summons to an accused person; or
(b) a warrant for the arrest of an accused person; or
(c) a summons to any person requiring him to attend and produce a document or other thing, or to
produce it; or
(d) a search-warrant,
issued by---
(I) a Court in any State or area in India outside the said territories;
(II) a Court, Judge or Magistrate in a contracting State,
it shall cause the same to be served or executed as if it were a summons or warrant received by it from
another Court in the said territories for service or execution within its local jurisdiction; and where
(i) a warrant of arrest has been executed, the person arrested shall, so far as possible, be dealt with
in accordance with the procedure specified by sections 82 and 83;
(ii) a search-warrant has been executed, the things found in the search shall, so far as possible, be
dealt with in accordance with the procedure specified by section 104:
Provided that in a case where a summons or search-warrant received from a contracting State has been
executed, the documents or things produced or things found in the search shall be forwarded to the Court
issuing the summons or search-warrant through such authority as the Central Government may, by
notification, specify in this behalf
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