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title: "BNS Section 1 in IPC: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Vakilat"
description: "BNS Section 1 brings together IPC Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; sub-section (2) is new. Official headings and which code applies."
url: https://www.vakilat.io/law/bns-to-ipc/1
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# BNS Section 1 in the IPC

Section 1 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Short title, commencement and application, brings together IPC Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; sub-section (2) is new.

## BNS 1 and the IPC

BNS IPC IPC heading 1(1) [1](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/1) Title and extent of operation of the Code. 1(2) None 1(3) [2](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/2) Punishment of offences committed within India. 1(4) [3](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/3) Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India. 1(5) [4](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/4) Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences. 1(6) [5](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/5) Certain laws not to be affected by this Act.

## Which code applies

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. An offence committed before that date is still punished under the Indian Penal Code, because the BNS keeps the repealed Code's penalties and proceedings alive.

> “Notwithstanding the repeal of the Code referred to in sub-section (1), it shall not affect,— … (c) any penalty, or punishment incurred in respect of any offences committed against the Code so repealed;”

> BNS section 358(2)

Which code governs your matter can turn on the date of the offence and the stage the case had reached on 1 July 2024. Read the official text before you rely on any table.

## Sources

Section numbers follow the [correspondence table](https://www.keralaprisons.gov.in/userfiles/act-and-rules/comparison_summary_BNS_to_IPC.pdf) prepared by the Central Academy for Police Training, Bhopal, of the Bureau of Police Research and Development. Headings are taken from the [Indian Penal Code, 1860](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/15289/1/ipc_act.pdf) and the [Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023](https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2024-04/250883_english_01042024.pdf) as published, and from the table. The official text governs: read the section itself before you rely on it.

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