(1) Throughout this Sanhita every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every Illustration of every such definition or penal provision, shall be understood subject to the exceptions contained in the Chapter entitled “General Exceptions”, though those exceptions are not repeated in such definition, penal provision, or Illustration.Illustrations.(a) The sections, in this Sanhita which […]
In this Sanhita unless the context otherwise requires,–– (1) “act” as well a series of acts as a single act; (2) “animal” means any living creature, other than a human being; (3) “counterfeit”.––A person is said to “counterfeit” who causes one thing to resemble another thing, intending by means of that resemblance to practice deception,
(1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of the Sanhita. (3) Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Sanhita
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