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BNS Section 13: Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction

Section 13 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction. It replaces IPC 75 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Text of BNS Section 13

13. Whoever, having been convicted by a Court in India, of an offence punishable under Chapter X or Chapter XVII of this Sanhita with imprisonment of either description for a term of three years or upwards, shall be guilty of any offence punishable under either of those Chapters with like imprisonment for the like term, shall be subject for every such subsequent offence to imprisonment for life, or to imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years.

GENERAL EXCEPTIONS

IPC sections replaced

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