The NIA Act was enacted in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008. A decade later, the Act was amended with the objective of speedy investigation and prosecution of certain offences, including those committed outside India.
The 2019 amendment in the law focussed on three main areas.
OFFENCES OUTSIDE INDIA: The original Act allowed NIA to investigate and prosecute offences within India. The amended Act empowered the agency to investigate offences committed outside India, subject to international treaties and domestic laws of other countries.
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QUIZ – 2020: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 31 January 2020 - INSIGHTSIASons Courts as Special Courts for the trial of scheduled offences under the Act. Which of the above statements is/are correct? 1. a) 1, 2 2. b) 1, 3 3. c) 2, 3 4. d) 1, 2, 3 Correct Solution: d) <span>The NIA Act was enacted in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008. A decade later, the Act was amended with the objective of speedy investigation and prosecution of certain offences, including those committed outside India. The 2019 amendment in the law focussed on three main areas. OFFENCES OUTSIDE INDIA: The original Act allowed NIA to investigate and prosecute offences within India. The amended Act empowered the agency to investigate offences committed outside India, subject to international treaties and domestic laws of other countries. The amended section reads: “Where the Central Government is of the opinion that a Scheduled Offence has been committed at any place outside India to which this Act extends, it may direc Summary
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