(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.
IPC Section 2 in BNS: Section 1(3)
Punishment of offences committed within India
Section 2 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Punishment of offences committed within India) corresponds to Section 1(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Text of BNS Section 1(3)
Full BNS Section 1 and every IPC section it replaced →
Other IPC sections now in BNS 1
- IPC 1: Title and extent of operation of the Code → BNS 1
- IPC 3: Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India → BNS 1(4)
- IPC 4: Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences → BNS 1(5)
- IPC 5: Certain laws not to be affected by this Act → BNS 1(6)
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