law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  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.