Bharatiya Nayaya Sanhita Index, 2023

THE
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023

[CENTRAL ACT No. 45 OF 2023]

Chapter I: Preliminary

This chapter covers the initial provisions of the Sanhita.

• Section 1: Short title, commencement, and application.

• Section 2: Defines various terms such as "act," "animal," "child," "counterfeit," "Court," "death," "dishonestly," "document," "fraudulently," "gender," "good faith," "Government," "harbour," "injury," "illegal," "Judge," "life," "local law," "man," "month" and "year," "movable property," "number," "oath," "offence," "omission," "person," "public," "public servant," "reason to believe," "special law," "valuable security," "vessel," "voluntarily," "Will," "woman," "wrongful gain," "wrongful loss," "gaining wrongfully," and "losing wrongfully."

• Section 3: Covers general explanations.

Chapter II: Of Punishments

This chapter outlines different types of punishments and their application.

• Section 4: Punishments.

• Section 5: Commutation of sentence.

• Section 6: Fractions of terms of punishment.

• Section 7: Sentence in certain cases of imprisonment may be wholly or partly rigorous or simple.

• Section 8: Amount of fine, and liability in default of payment.

• Section 9: Limit of punishment of an offence made up of several offences.

• Section 10: Punishment of a person guilty of one of several offences when the judgment states that it is doubtful of which one they are guilty.

• Section 11: Solitary confinement.

• Section 12: Limit of solitary confinement.

• Section 13: Enhanced punishment for certain offences after a previous conviction.