(6) Nothing in this Sanhita shall affect the provisions of any Act for punishing mutiny and desertion of officers, soldiers, sailors or airmen in the service of the Government of India or the provisions of any special or local law.
IPC Section 5 in BNS: Section 1(6)
Certain laws not to be affected by this Act
Section 5 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Certain laws not to be affected by this Act) corresponds to Section 1(6) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
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Text of BNS Section 1(6)
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 2: Punishment of offences committed within India → BNS 1(3)
- 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)
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