Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 47
Abetment in India of offences outside India
In one line
BNS Section 47 deals with abetment in india of offences outside india and replaces IPC 108A.
Bare act text — BNS 47
47. Abetment in India of offences outside India.
A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Sanhita who, in India, abets the commission of any act without and beyond India which would constitute an offence if committed in India. Illustration. A, in India, instigates B, a foreigner in country X, to commit a murder in that country, A is guilty of abetting murder.
What changed from the IPC
- IPC 108A → BNS 47: Word "Goa" is replaced by "country X" in illustration.
Frequently asked
What was BNS Section 47 in the IPC?
BNS Section 47 (Abetment in India of offences outside India) replaces Section 108A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC 108A is now BNS 47.
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Nearby BNS sections
- BNS 42 — When such right extends to causing any harm other than death
- BNS 43 — Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property
- BNS 44 — Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person
- BNS 45 — Abetment of a thing
- BNS 46 — Abettor
- BNS 48 — Abetment outside India for offence in India
- BNS 49 — Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment
- BNS 50 — Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor
- BNS 51 — Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done
- BNS 52 — Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done