law: The Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002
  57. Letter of request
  
  to a contracting State in certain cases.-
  1.  Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in this Act or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of
  
  1974) if, in the course of an investigation into an offence or other
  
  proceedings under this Ac , an application is made to a Special Court by the
  
  Investigating Officer or any officer superior in rank to the Investigating
  
  Officer that any evidence is required in connection with investigation into an
  
  offence or proceedings under this Act and he is o the opinion that such
  
  evidence may be available in any place in a contracting State, and the Special
  
  Court, on being satisfied that such evidence is required in connection with the
  
  investigation into an offence or proceedings under this Act, may issue a letter
  
  of request to a court or an authority in the contracting State competent to
  
  deal with such request to-
   
  
   i.  
  
    examine
  
  facts and circumstances of the case,
  take
  
  such steps as the Special Court may specify in such letter of request, and
   
  
   iii.  
  
    forward
  
  all the evidence so taken or collected to the Special Court issuing such letter
  
  of request.
  1.  
  2.  The
  
  letter of request shall be transmitted in such manner as the Central Government
  
  
  
  may specify in this behalf.
  3.  Every
  
  statement recorded or document or thing received under sub-section (1) shall be
  
  deemed to be the evidence collected during the course of investigation.