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title: "BNS Section 19 in IPC: Section 81 | Vakilat"
description: "BNS Section 19 takes the place of IPC Section 81. Official headings and which code applies."
url: https://www.vakilat.io/law/bns-to-ipc/19
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# BNS Section 19 in the IPC

Section 19 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm, takes the place of IPC Section 81.

## BNS 19 and the IPC

BNS IPC IPC heading 19 [81](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/81) Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm.

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 An offence committed before that date is still punished under the Indian Penal Code, because the BNS keeps the repealed Code's penalties and proceedings alive.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shall not affect,— … (c) any penalty, or punishment incurred in respect of any offences committed against the Code so repealed;”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