Definition of Section 1 BNS According to the Government of India Section 1 BNS: Short title, commencement and application.— (1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. (2) It shall come into…
Definition of Section 2 BNS According to the Government of India Section 2 BNS: Definitions.— In this Sanhita, unless the context otherwise requires,–– (1) “act” denotes as well a series of acts as a single…
Definition of Section 3 BNS According to the Government of India Section 3 BNS: General explanations.— (1) Throughout this Sanhita every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every Illustration of every such definition…
Definition of Section 4 BNS According to the Government of India 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,…
Definition of Section 5 BNS According to the Government of India Section 5 BNS: Commutation of sentence.— The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the offender, commute any punishment under this Sanhita to any…
Definition of Section 6 BNS According to the Government of India Section 6 BNS: Fractions of terms of punishment.— In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to…
Definition of Section 7 BNS According to the Government of India Section 7 BNS: Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple.— In every case in which an offender…
Definition of Section 8 BNS According to the Government of India Section 8 BNS: Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.— (1) Where no sum is expressed to which a fine…
Definition of Section 9 BNS According to the Government of India Section 9 BNS: Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences.— (1) Where anything which is an offence is made up of…