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What is the principal legal subject of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

The BNS is the substantive criminal code that replaced the IPC: it defines offences, sets out the general exceptions and prescribes punishments. Criminal procedure is…

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What is the principal legal subject of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

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The BNS is the substantive criminal code that replaced the IPC: it defines offences, sets out the general exceptions and prescribes punishments. Criminal procedure is governed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, evidence by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, and civil procedure by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

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