Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 31
Communication made in good faith
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BNS Section 31 deals with communication made in good faith and replaces IPC 93.
Bare act text — BNS 31
31. Communication made in good faith.
No communication made in good faith is an offence by reason of any harm to the person to whom it is made, if it is made for the benefit of that person. Illustration. A, a surgeon, in good faith, communicates to a patient his opinion that he cannot live. The patient dies in consequence of the shock. A has committed no offence, though he knew it to be likely that the communication might cause the patient’s death.
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What was BNS Section 31 in the IPC?
BNS Section 31 (Communication made in good faith) replaces Section 93 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC 93 is now BNS 31.
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Nearby BNS sections
- BNS 26 — Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person’s benefit
- BNS 27 — Act done in good faith for benefit of child or person of unsound mind, by, or by consent of guardian
- BNS 28 — Consent known to be given under fear or misconception
- BNS 29 — Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused
- BNS 30 — Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent
- BNS 32 — Act to which a person is compelled by threats
- BNS 33 — Act causing slight harm
- BNS 34 — Things done in private defence
- BNS 35 — Right of private defence of body and of property
- BNS 36 — Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc