The provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 apply to any offence committed by:

Under section 1(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 4 IPC) the Sanhita applies to any offence committed by "any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India", by any person on any ship or aircraft registered in India wherever it may be, and by any person in any place without and beyond India committing an offence targeting a computer resource located in India. So it is not confined to acts within India, and it sets no minimum age of twenty-one or eighteen; the criminal capacity of children is governed by sections 20 and 21.