(2) Every expression which is explained in any Part of this Sanhita, is used in every Part of this Sanhita in conformity with the explanation.
IPC Section 7 in BNS: Section 3(2)
Sense of expression once explained
Section 7 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Sense of expression once explained) corresponds to Section 3(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Text of BNS Section 3(2)
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 27: Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant → BNS 3(3)
- 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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