BNS Section 1: Short title, commencement and application

IPC Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are covered by BNS Section 1.

6 entries in the correspondence table: 5 changed, 1 new provision.

1. BNS 1(1)IPC: 1Changed

   Short title, commencement and application.

   This subject is covered by six subsections of Section 1 of BNS, corresponding to five separate sections of IPC, sans separate headings thereof. In IPC, the extent of code operation is also given, which is absent in BNS.

2. BNS 1(2)IPC: NewNew provision

   Commencement.

   By subsection 1(2) of the BNS, the power to appoint the date of commencement is delegated to the Central Government, which was absent in the IPC.

3. BNS 1(3)IPC: 2Changed

   Punishment of offences committed within India.

   No change except "Code" is replaced with "Sanhita". Wherever the word “Code” is used in IPC, the word “Sanhita” is used in BNS; therefore, this fact will not be specifically mentioned in this table hereinafter.

4. BNS 1(4)IPC: 3Changed

   Punishment of offences committed beyond, which by law may be tried within, India.

   Section is included as a subsection in BNS sans heading. “Indian laws” is replaced with “law" and “for the time being in force in India" is inserted.

5. BNS 1(5)IPC: 4Changed

   Short title, commencement and application- Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences.

   Section is included as a subsection in BNS sans heading. In the illustration, "Uganda" has been replaced with "any place outside India."

6. BNS 1(6)IPC: 5Changed

   Short title, commencement and application-“Certain laws not to be affected by this Act”.

   IPC section is included as a subsection in BNS sans heading.

Source: Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal — prepared by Anil Kishore Yadav, IPS, Director (PDF hosted on keralaprisons.gov.in). Check the bare act before relying on a section in court.