Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

What is Section 1 BNS? 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,… 

What is Section 2 BNS? 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… 

What is Section 3 BNS? 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… 

What is Section 4 BNS? Punishments.— The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this Sanhita are— (a) Death;(b) Imprisonment for life;(c) Imprisonment, which is of two descriptions, namely:— (d) Forfeiture of… 

What is Section 5 BNS? Commutation of sentence.— The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the offender, commute any punishment under this Sanhita to any other punishment in accordance with section 474 of the… 

What is Section 6 BNS? Fractions of terms of punishment.— In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years unless otherwise provided.

What is Section 7 BNS? Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple.— In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either… 

What is Section 8 BNS? Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.— (1) Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the… 

What is Section 9 BNS? Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences.— (1) Where anything which is an offence is made up of parts, any of which parts is itself an offence,…