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The new criminal laws, section by section
On 1 July 2024 the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam replaced the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act. Find any section in the new law, or trace a new section back to the old one.
Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- IPC to BNS (533 sections)
- BNS to IPC (358 sections)
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- CrPC to BNSS (524 sections)
- BNSS to CrPC (531 sections)
Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
- Evidence Act to BSA (176 sections)
- BSA to Evidence Act (170 sections)