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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita bill 2023
August 17 , 2023
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- The Union Home Ministry introduced three new Bills in the Lok Sabha to replace IPC, CrPC and the Indian Evidence Act.
- They are
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 to replace IPC of 1860,
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to replace CrPC of 1973 and,
- Bharatiya Sakshya, 2023 to replace the Indian Evidence Act of 1872.
- The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has 356 Sections, with 175 sourced from the IPC having undergone alterations.
- 22 Sections are being repealed and 8 new Sections are introduced.
- A new chapter dealing with offences against women and children has been added.
- It has introduced community service as a form of punishment for petty offences.
- For the first time, organised crime will be defined under the penal code.
- In another first, a 'terrorist act' has been defined under the code.
- It contains Section 150 which punishes "acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India".
- The proposed code does not feature unnatural offences.
- Adultery is no longer an offence under the proposed code.
- The punishment for extortion has been enhanced.
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