(4) In every Part of this Sanhita, except where a contrary intention appears from the context, words which refer to acts done extend also to illegal omissions.
IPC Section 32 in BNS: Section 3(4)
Words referring to acts include illegal omissions
Section 32 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Words referring to acts include illegal omissions) corresponds to Section 3(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Text of BNS Section 3(4)
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 27: Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant → BNS 3(3)
- 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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