What is IPC 27 in BNS?

IPC Section 27 (Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant) is Section 3(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

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IPC Section 27 in BNS: Section 3(3)

Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant

Section 27 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant) corresponds to Section 3(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.

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Text of BNS Section 3(3)

(3) When property is in the possession of a person’s spouse, clerk or servant, on account of that person, it is in that person’s possession within the meaning of this Sanhita.

Explanation.—A person employed temporarily or on a particular occasion in the capacity of a clerk or servant, is a clerk or servant within the meaning of this sub-section.

Full BNS Section 3 and every IPC section it replaced →

Other IPC sections now in BNS 3

IPC 6: Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions → BNS 3
IPC 7: Sense of expression once explained → BNS 3(2)
IPC 32: Words referring to acts include illegal omissions → BNS 3(4)
IPC 34: Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention → BNS 3(5)
IPC 35: When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention → BNS 3(6)
IPC 36: Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission → BNS 3(7)
IPC 37: Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence → BNS 3(8)
IPC 38: Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences → BNS 3(9)

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