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Which of the following is an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 separately punishes keeping an office or place for drawing a lottery that is not a State lottery or one authorised by the State Government…

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Which of the following is an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?

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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 separately punishes keeping an office or place for drawing a lottery that is not a State lottery or one authorised by the State Government (section 297, formerly s.294A IPC), receiving profits from a business known to make obscene books for sale (section 294, formerly s.292 IPC), and selling an obscene object to a child, that is, a person under eighteen (section 295, formerly s.293 IPC, which used the age of twenty). All the given options are therefore offences.

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