IPC
Section 1
BNS
Section 1(1)
Short title, commencement and application
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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita replaced the Indian Penal Code on 1 July 2024. Search any section below, in either direction, to find its corresponding reference and see where the mapping is not a simple one-to-one swap.
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IPC
No predecessor
BNS
Section 1(2)
Commencement
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IPC
Section 2
BNS
Section 1(3)
Punishment of offences committed within India
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IPC
Section 3
BNS
Section 1(4)
Punishment of offences committed beyond, which by law may be tried within, India
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IPC
Section 4
BNS
Section 1(5)
Short title, commencement and application-Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
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IPC
Section 5
BNS
Section 1(6)
Short title, commencement and application - “Certain laws not to be affected by this Act”
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IPC
No predecessor
BNS
Section 2
Definitions
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IPC
Section 33
BNS
Section 2(1)
“act”
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IPC
Section 8
BNS
Section 2(10)
Gender
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IPC
Section 52
BNS
Section 2(11)
Good faith
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IPC
Section 17
BNS
Section 2(12)
Government
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IPC
Section 52A
BNS
Section 2(13)
Harbour
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IPC
Section 44
BNS
Section 2(14)
Injury
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IPC
Section 43
BNS
Section 2(15)
Illegal and legally bound to do
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IPC
Section 19
BNS
Section 2(16)
Judge
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IPC
Section 45
BNS
Section 2(17)
Life
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IPC
Section 42
BNS
Section 2(18)
Local law
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IPC
Section 10
BNS
Section 2(19)
Man
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IPC
Section 47
BNS
Section 2(2)
"animal"
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IPC
Section 49
BNS
Section 2(20)
Month and year
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IPC
Section 22
BNS
Section 2(21)
Movable property
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IPC
Section 9
BNS
Section 2(22)
Number
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IPC
Section 51
BNS
Section 2(23)
Oath
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IPC
Section 40
BNS
Section 2(24)
Offence
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IPC
Section 33
BNS
Section 2(25)
Omission
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IPC
Section 11
BNS
Section 2(26)
Person
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IPC
Section 12
BNS
Section 2(27)
Public
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IPC
Section 21
BNS
Section 2(28)
Public servant
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IPC
Section 26
BNS
Section 2(29)
Reason to believe
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IPC
No predecessor
BNS
Section 2(3)
"child"
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IPC
Section 41
BNS
Section 2(30)
Special law
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IPC
Section 30
BNS
Section 2(31)
Valuable security
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IPC
Section 48
BNS
Section 2(32)
Vessel
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IPC
Section 39
BNS
Section 2(33)
Voluntarily
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IPC
Section 31
BNS
Section 2(34)
Will
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IPC
Section 10
BNS
Section 2(35)
Woman
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IPC
Section 23 Clause 1
BNS
Section 2(36)
Wrongful gain
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IPC
Section 23 Clause 2
BNS
Section 2(37)
Wrongful loss
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IPC
Section 23 Clause 3
BNS
Section 2(38)
Gaining wrongfully, losing wrongfully
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IPC
Section 29A
BNS
Section 2(39)
Words and expressions used but not defined
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IPC
Section 28
BNS
Section 2(4)
"Counterfeit"
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IPC
Section 20
BNS
Section 2(5)
"Court"
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IPC
Section 46
BNS
Section 2(6)
"Death"
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IPC
Section 24
BNS
Section 2(7)
"Dishonestly"
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IPC
Sections 29, 29A
BNS
Section 2(8)
"Document"
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IPC
Section 25
BNS
Section 2(9)
Fraudulently
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IPC
Section 6
BNS
Section 3(1)
General explanations
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IPC
Section 7
BNS
Section 3(2)
General explanations-Sense of expression once explained
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IPC
Section 27
BNS
Section 3(3)
General explanations-Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant
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IPC
Section 32
BNS
Section 3(4)
General explanations - "Words referring to acts include illegal omissions"
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IPC
Section 34
BNS
Section 3(5)
General explanations-Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention
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IPC
Section 35
BNS
Section 3(6)
General explanations-When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention
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IPC
Section 36
BNS
Section 3(7)
General explanations-Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
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IPC
Section 37
BNS
Section 3(8)
General explanations-Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence
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IPC
Section 38
BNS
Section 3(9)
General explanations-Persons concerned in Criminal act may be guilty of different offences
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IPC
Section 53
BNS
Section 4
Punishments
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IPC
Sections 54, 55
BNS
Section 5
Commutation of sentence
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IPC
Section 57
BNS
Section 6
Fractions of terms of punishment
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IPC
Section 60
BNS
Section 7
Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
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IPC
Section 63
BNS
Section 8(1)
Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc
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Source and review status
The correspondence spine is mechanically extracted from the BPR&D correspondence table, BNS and IPC. A correspondence table published by the Bureau of Police Research and Development as a police training aid, dated 21 June 2024. It is a reference document, not a statutory instrument, and carries no legal force of its own. Explanatory copy is credited separately from the mechanically extracted mapping spine. Its author and any confirmed page-specific reviewer are named above.
Source as at 2024-06-21 · 358 sections · 532 rows
Common questions
When did the BNS replace the IPC?
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 came into force on 1 July 2024. The date of the alleged offence is important when determining which substantive penal code applies.
Which act applies to my case?
For substantive offences, the date of the alleged conduct is central. Matters around the transition can require closer analysis, so confirm the applicable law before drafting or filing.
Is every IPC section mapped one-to-one to a BNS section?
No. Some provisions were combined, divided into sub-sections or omitted, and the BNS also contains new provisions. Check the displayed references and current review status for each row.
Did BNS 152 simply renumber IPC 124A?
The BPR&D correspondence table does not present BNS 152 as a direct renumbering of IPC 124A. This is a legally sensitive comparison and the draft note remains pending advocate review.
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