The period prescribed for taking cognizance of an offence stated in Section 219(6) of the Bharatiya…

Under Section 219(6) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 198(6) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), no Court shall take cognizance of an offence under Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), where such offence consists of sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife being under eighteen years of age, if more than "One year" has elapsed from the date of the commission of the offence.