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( 1 ) Any offence which includes cheating may, if the deception is practised by me ans of letters or telecommunication me ssages, be inquired into or tried by any Court within whose local jurisdiction such letters or messages were sent or were received; and any offence of cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the property was delivered by the person deceived or was received by the accused person.
(2) Any offence punishable under section 495 or section 494 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed or the offender last resided with hi s or her spouse by the first marriage1[, or the wife by first marriage has taken up permanent residence after the commission of offence].
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1 . Inserted by Act 45 of 1978, Section 15 (w.e.f. 18-12-1978).