BNS Section 3: General explanations

IPC Sections 6, 7, 27, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38 are covered by BNS Section 3.

9 entries in the correspondence table: 9 changed.

1. BNS 3(1)IPC: 6Changed

   General explanations.

   Section is included as sub-section in BNS sans heading.

2. BNS 3(2)IPC: 7Changed

   General explanations- Sense of expression once explained.

   Section is included as sub-section in BNS sans heading.

3. BNS 3(3)IPC: 27Changed

   General explanations- Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant.

   Section is included as a sub-section in BNS sans heading. “Wife” is replaced by “Spouse”.

4. BNS 3(4)IPC: 32Changed

   General explanations-"Words referring to acts include illegal omissions".

   Section is included as sub-section in BNS sans heading.

5. BNS 3(5)IPC: 34Changed

   General explanations- Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention.

   Section is included as sub-section in BNS sans heading. No other change.

6. BNS 3(6)IPC: 35Changed

   General explanations- When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention.

   Section is included as sub-section in BNS sans heading. No other change.

7. BNS 3(7)IPC: 36Changed

   General explanations- Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission.

   Section is included as sub-section in BNS sans heading. No other change.

8. BNS 3(8)IPC: 37Changed

   General explanations- Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence.

   Section is included as sub-section in BNS sans heading. No other change.

9. BNS 3(9)IPC: 38Changed

   General explanations- Persons concerned in Criminal act may be guilty of different offences.

   Section is included as sub-section in BNS sans heading. No other change.

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.