The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,2023 3. General explanations. (1) Throughout this Sanhita every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every Illustration of every such definition or penal provision, shall be understood subject to the exceptions contained in the Chapter entitled “General Exceptions”, though those…

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,2023 2. Definitions In this Sanhita, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) “act” denotes as well a series of acts as a single act; (2) “animal” means any living creature, other than a human being; (3) “child” means any person below the…

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,2023 Chapter I Preliminary 1. Short title, commencement and application. (1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,2023. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and…

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,2023 [No. 45 of 2023] [25th December, 2023.] An Act to consolidate and amend the provisions relating to offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as…