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ARTICLE · 20 DECEMBER 2024

Amendments To Criminal Laws

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Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA), and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) received assent of the President on 25 December 2023 to replace the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CRPC), ...

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Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA), and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) received assent of the President on 25 December 2023 to replace the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CRPC), the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (IEA), and the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) respectively.

On 23 February 2024, the Central Government notified that the said acts will be effective from 1 July 2024.

Major Additions/Alterations in the Legislations

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023

  1. §152 – Sedition: The ingredients of sedition in IPC have been deleted in the BNS and instead ingredients such as exciting secession, armed rebellion or subversive activities, encouraging feelings of separatist activities and endangering sovereignty or unity and integrity of India have been included.

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