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  2. Indian Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    The draft of the Indian Penal Code was prepared by the First Law Commission, chaired by Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1834 and was submitted to Governor-General of India Council in 1835. Based on a simplified codification of the law of England at the time, elements were also derived from the Napoleonic Code and Edward Livingston 's Louisiana ...

  3. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita - Wikipedia

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    The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) (IAST: Bhāratīya Nyāya Saṃhitā; lit. ' Indian Justice Code ') is the official criminal code in India.It came into effect on 1 July 2024 after being passed by the parliament in December 2023 to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

  4. Category:Sections of the Indian Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    This category hold all the articles about the Indian Penal Code Sections.34 & 143 difference between Pages in category "Sections of the Indian Penal Code" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.

  5. Category:Indian Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    Upload file; Search. Search. Appearance. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code; Section 375; Shree 420

  6. Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 - Wikipedia

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    The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (popularly known as Nirbhaya Act) is an Indian legislation passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013, and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2013, which provides for amendment of Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on laws related to sexual offences.

  7. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities ...

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    Section 3(2) contains four subsections with offences) Two derived offences (sections 3(2)(vi) and 3(2)(vii)). The derived offences only come into the picture when another offence under the Act has been committed. One subsection (Section 3(2)(v)) increases the punishment for certain offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

  8. LGBTQ rights in India - Wikipedia

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    The Goa Inquisition once prosecuted the capital crime of sodomy in Portuguese India, [46] [47] but not lesbian activity, [48] whereas the British Raj criminalised anal sex and oral sex (for both heterosexuals and homosexuals) under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which entered into force in 1861, and made it an offence for a person to ...

  9. Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    In the Nigerian Criminal Code, the same offence is covered by article 419, which has now lent its name to the advance fee fraud. [ 5 ] The title of two popular Hindi films – Chachi 420 (in English: Trickster Aunt, a 1997 remake of Mrs. Doubtfire ) and Shri 420 (in English: Mr. 420 , a 1955 film) – are direct references to Section 420 of the ...