The provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 applied by Section 6 of the SC/ST Act apply for the…

Section 6 says the listed provisions "shall, so far as may be, apply for the purposes of this Act as they apply for the purposes of the Indian Penal Code"; since the IPC was replaced, this is read as the corresponding provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 applying as they do under that Sanhita. The words "so far as may be" allow necessary adaptation. The provisions apply generally to offences under the Act, not only where a section mentions them.