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title: "BNS Section 8 in IPC | Vakilat"
description: "BNS Section 8 brings together IPC Sections 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 and 70. Official headings and which code applies."
url: https://www.vakilat.io/law/bns-to-ipc/8
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# BNS Section 8 in the IPC

Section 8 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc, brings together IPC Sections 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 and 70.

## BNS 8 and the IPC

BNS IPC IPC heading 8(1) [63](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/63) Amount of fine. 8(2) [64](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/64) Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine. 8(3) [65](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/65) Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable. 8(4) [66](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/66) Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine. 8(5) [67](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/67) Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only. 8(6) [68](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/68) Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine. 8(6) [69](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/69) Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine. 8(7) [70](https://www.vakilat.io/law/ipc-to-bns/70) Fine leviable within six years, of during imprisonment. Death not to discharge property from liability.

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 An offence committed before that date is still punished under the Indian Penal Code, because the BNS keeps the repealed Code's penalties and proceedings alive.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shall not affect,— … (c) any penalty, or punishment incurred in respect of any offences committed against the Code so repealed;”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