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title: "BNS Section 189 in IPC | Vakilat"
description: "BNS Section 189 (Unlawful assembly) brings together IPC Sections 141, 142, 145, 144, 151, 150, 157 and 158. Official headings and which code applies."
url: https://www.vakilat.io/law/bns-to-ipc/189
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# BNS Section 189 in the IPC

Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Unlawful assembly, brings together IPC Sections 141, 142, 145, 144, 151, 150, 157 and 158.

## BNS 189 and the IPC

BNS IPC IPC heading 189(1) [141](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/141) Unlawful assembly. 189(2) [142](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/142) Being member of unlawful assembly. 189(3) [145](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/145) Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse. 189(4) [144](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/144) Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon. 189(5) [151](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/151) Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse. 189(6) [150](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/150) Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly. 189(7) [157](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/157) Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly. 189(8) [158](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/158) Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot; or to go armed.

## 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 An offence committed before that date is still punished under the Indian Penal Code, because the BNS keeps the repealed Code's penalties and proceedings alive.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shall not affect,— … (c) any penalty, or punishment incurred in respect of any offences committed against the Code so repealed;”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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