(23) “oath” includes a solemn affirmation substituted by law for an oath, and any declaration required or authorised by law to be made before a public servant or to be used for the purpose of proof, whether in a Court or not;
IPC Section 51 in BNS: Section 2(23)
“Oath”
Section 51 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (“Oath”) corresponds to Section 2(23) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Text of BNS Section 2(23)
Full BNS Section 2 and every IPC section it replaced →
Other IPC sections now in BNS 2
- IPC 8: Gender → BNS 2(10)
- IPC 9: Number → BNS 2(22)
- IPC 10: “Man”. “Woman” → BNS 2(19)
- IPC 11: “Person” → BNS 2(26)
- IPC 12: “Public” → BNS 2(27)
- IPC 17: “Government” → BNS 2(12)
- IPC 19: “Judge” → BNS 2(16)
- IPC 20: “Court of Justice” → BNS 2(5)
- IPC 21: “Public servant” → BNS 2(28)
- IPC 22: “Movable property” → BNS 2(21)
- IPC 23: “Wrongful gain” → BNS 2(36)
- IPC 24: “Dishonestly” → BNS 2(7)
- IPC 25: “Fraudulently” → BNS 2(9)
- IPC 26: “Reason to believe” → BNS 2(29)
- IPC 28: “Counterfeit” → BNS 2(4)
- IPC 29: “Document” → BNS 2(8)
- IPC 29A: “Electronic record” → BNS 2(38)
- IPC 30: “Valuable security” → BNS 2(31)
- IPC 31: “A will” → BNS 2(34)
- IPC 33: “Act”. “Omission” → BNS 2(1)
- IPC 39: “Voluntarily” → BNS 2(33)
- IPC 40: “Offence” → BNS 2(24)
- IPC 41: “Special law” → BNS 2(30)
- IPC 42: “Local law” → BNS 2(18)
- IPC 43: “Illegal”. “Legally bound to do” → BNS 2(15)
- IPC 44: “Injury” → BNS 2(14)
- IPC 45: “Life” → BNS 2(17)
- IPC 46: “Death” → BNS 2(6)
- IPC 47: “Animal” → BNS 2(2)
- IPC 48: “Vessel” → BNS 2(32)
- IPC 49: “Year”. “Month” → BNS 2(20)
- IPC 52: “Good faith” → BNS 2(11)
- IPC 52A: “Harbour“ → BNS 2(13)
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