CrPC 1BNSS 1

What changed

• It contains the Act name, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and provisions regarding the commencement date.

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Under Section 1 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

Bare act text — BNSS 1

1. Short title, extent and commencement. —(1) This Act may be ca lled the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (2) The provisions of this Sanhita, other than those relating to Chapters IX, XI and XII thereof, shall not apply— (a) to the State of Nagaland; (b) to the tribal areas, but the concerned State Government may, by notification, apply such provisions or any of them to the whole or part of the State of Nagaland or such tribal areas, as the case may be, with such supplemental, incidental or consequential modifications, as may be specified in the notification. Explanation.—In this section, “tribal areas ” means the territories which immediately before the 21st day of January, 1972, were included in the tribal areas of Assam, as referred to in paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to th e Constitution, other than those within the local limits of the municipality of Shillong. (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.