Section 47 Earlier IPC 108A
Abetment in India of offences outside India
Chapter 4: Abetment, criminal conspiracy and attempt
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.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 45Abetment of a thingIPC 107
- 46AbettorIPC 108
- 48Abetment outside India for offence in India
- 49Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishmentIPC 109
- 50Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettorIPC 110
- 51Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act doneIPC 111