BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023

No: 45 Dated: Dec, 25 2023

BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 (भारतीय न्याय संहिता, 2023)

भारतीय न्याय संहिता, 2023 (2023 का 45) के संबंध में राजपत्र अधिसूचना

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 follows:––

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. (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 different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Sanhita.

(3) Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Sanhita and not otherwise for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof, of which he shall be guilty within India.

(4) Any person liable, by any law for the time being in force in India, to be tried for an offence committed beyond India shall be dealt with according to the provisions of this Sanhita for any act committed beyond India in the same manner as if such act had been committed within India.