Section 209.   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 208, the Central Government
may, if it thinks fit, direct that copies of depositions made or exhibits produced, either in
physical form or in electronic form, 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.