Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

• BNS Chapter 1 - Preliminary
  • BNS Section 1. Short title, commencement and application.
  • BNS Section 2. Definitions
  • BNS Section 3. General explanations.
• BNS Chapter 2 - Of punishments
  • BNS Section 11. Solitary confinement.
  • BNS Section 12. Limit of solitary confinement.
  • BNS Section 13. Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction.
  • BNS Section 4. Punishments.
  • BNS Section 5. Commutation of sentence.
  • BNS Section 6. Fractions of terms of punishment.
  • BNS Section 7. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple.
  • BNS Section 8. Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.
  • BNS Section 9. Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences.
  • BNS Section 10. Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which.
• BNS Chapter 3 - General Exceptions
  • BNS Section 14. Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law.
  • BNS Section 15. Act of Judge when acting judicially.
  • BNS Section 16. Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court.
  • BNS Section 17. Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law.
  • BNS Section 18. Accident in doing a lawful act.
  • BNS Section 19. Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm.
  • BNS Section 20. Act of a child under seven years of age.
  • BNS Section 21. Act of a child above seven and under twelve years of age of immature understanding.
  • BNS Section 22. Act of a person of unsound mind.
  • BNS Section 23. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will.
  • BNS Section 24. Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated.
  • BNS Section 25. Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent.
  • BNS Section 26. Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit.
  • BNS Section 27. Act done in good faith for benefit of child or person of unsound mind, by, or by consent of guardian.
  • BNS Section 28. Consent known to be given under fear or misconception.
  • BNS Section 29. Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused.
  • BNS Section 30. Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent.
  • BNS Section 31. Communication made in good faith.
  • BNS Section 32. Act to which a person is compelled by threats.
  • BNS Section 33. Act causing slight harm.
  • BNS Section 34. Things done in private defence.
  • BNS Section 35. Right of private defence of body and of property.
  • BNS Section 36. Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc.
  • BNS Section 37. Acts against which there is no right of private defence.
  • BNS Section 38. When right of private defence of body extends to causing death.
  • BNS Section 39. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
  • BNS Section 40. Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body.
  • BNS Section 41. When right of private defence of property extends to causing death.
  • BNS Section 42. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
  • BNS Section 43. Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property.
  • BNS Section 44. Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person.
• BNS Chapter 4 - Of Abetment, Criminal Conspiracy and Attempt
  • BNS Section 45. Abetment of a thing.
  • BNS Section 46. Abettor.
  • BNS Section 47. Abetment in India of offences outside India.
  • BNS Section 48. Abetment outside India for offence in India
  • BNS Section 49. Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment.
  • BNS Section 50. Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor.
  • BNS Section 51. Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done.
  • BNS Section 52. Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done.
  • BNS Section 53. Liability of abettor for an effect caused by act abetted different from that intended by abettor.
  • BNS Section 54. Abettor present when offence is committed.
  • BNS Section 55. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.
  • BNS Section 56. Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment.
  • BNS Section 57. Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons.
  • BNS Section 58. Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.
  • BNS Section 59. Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent.
  • BNS Section 60. Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment.
  • BNS Section 61. Criminal conspiracy.
  • BNS Section 62. Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment.
• BNS Chapter 5 - Of Offences Against Woman and Child
  • BNS Section 63. Rape.
  • BNS Section 64. Punishment for rape.
  • BNS Section 65. Punishment for rape in certain cases.
  • BNS Section 66. Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim.
  • BNS Section 67. Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation.
  • BNS Section 68. Sexual intercourse by a person in authority.
  • BNS Section 69. Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc.
  • BNS Section 70. Gang rape.
  • BNS Section 71. Punishment for repeat offenders.
  • BNS Section 72. Disclosure of identity of victim of certain offences, etc.
  • BNS Section 73. Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission.
  • BNS Section 73. Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission.
  • BNS Section 74. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
  • BNS Section 75. Sexual harassment.
  • BNS Section 76. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe.
  • BNS Section 77. Voyeurism.
  • BNS Section 78. Stalking.
  • BNS Section 79. Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman.
  • BNS Section 80. Dowry death.
  • BNS Section 81. Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage.
  • BNS Section 82. Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.
  • BNS Section 83. Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.
  • BNS Section 84. Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.
  • BNS Section 85. Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.
  • BNS Section 86. Cruelty defined.
  • BNS Section 87. Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.
  • BNS Section 88. Causing miscarriage.
  • BNS Section 89. Causing miscarriage without woman's consent.
  • BNS Section 90. Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage.
  • BNS Section 91. Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth.
  • BNS Section 92. Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide.
  • BNS Section 93. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it.
  • BNS Section 94. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
  • BNS Section 95. Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence.
  • BNS Section 96. Procuration of child.
  • BNS Section 97. Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person.
  • BNS Section 98. Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc.
  • BNS Section 99. Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc.
• BNS Chapter 6 - Of Offences Affecting The Human Body
  • BNS Section 100. Culpable homicide.
  • BNS Section 101. Murder.
  • BNS Section 102. Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended.
  • BNS Section 103. Punishment for murder.
  • BNS Section 104. Punishment for murder by life-convict.
  • BNS Section 105. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
  • BNS Section 106. Causing death by negligence.
  • BNS Section 107. Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind.
  • BNS Section 108. Abetment of suicide.
  • BNS Section 109. Attempt to murder.
  • BNS Section 110. Attempt to commit culpable homicide.
  • BNS Section 111. Organised crime.
  • BNS Section 112. Petty Organized crime.
  • BNS Section 113. Terrorist act.
  • BNS Section 114. Hurt.
  • BNS Section 115. Voluntarily causing hurt.
  • BNS Section 116. Grievous hurt.
  • BNS Section 117. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
  • BNS Section 118. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means.
  • BNS Section 119. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act.
  • BNS Section 120. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property.
  • BNS Section 121. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty.
  • BNS Section 122. Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation.
  • BNS Section 123. Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence.
  • BNS Section 124. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc.
  • BNS Section 125. Act Endangering life or personal safety of others.
  • BNS Section 126. Wrongful restraint.
  • BNS Section 127. Wrongful confinement.
  • BNS Section 128. Force.
  • BNS Section 129. Criminal force.
  • BNS Section 130. Assault.
  • BNS Section 131. Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation.
  • BNS Section 132. Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty.
  • BNS Section 133. Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonor person, otherwise than on grave provocation.
  • BNS Section 134. Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person.
  • BNS Section 135. Assault or criminal force in attempt to wrongfully confine a person.
  • BNS Section 136. Assault or criminal force on grave provocation.
  • BNS Section 137. Kidnapping.
  • BNS Section 138. Abduction.
  • BNS Section 139. Kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of begging.
  • BNS Section 140. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc.
  • BNS Section 141. Importation of girl or boy from foreign country.
  • BNS Section 142. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
  • BNS Section 143. Trafficking of person.
  • BNS Section 144. Exploitation of a trafficked person.
  • BNS Section 145. Habitual dealing in slaves.
  • BNS Section 146. Unlawful compulsory labour.
• BNS Chapter 7 - Of Offences Against The State
  • BNS Section 147. Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against Government of India.
  • BNS Section 148. Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 147.
  • Section 149. Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against Government of India.
  • BNS Section 150. Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war.
  • BNS Section 151. Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power.
  • BNS Section 152. Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.
  • BNS Section 153. Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with Government of India.
  • BNS Section 154. Committing depredation on territories of foreign State at peace with Government of India.
  • BNS Section 155. Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154.
  • BNS Section 156. Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape.
  • BNS Section 157. Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape.
  • BNS Section 158. Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.
• BNS Chapter 8 - Of Offences Relating to The Army, Navy and Air Force
  • BNS Section 159. Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty.
  • BNS Section 160. Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof.
  • BNS Section 161. Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office.
  • BNS Section 162. Abetment of such assault, if assault committed.
  • BNS Section 163. Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman.
  • BNS Section 164. Harbouring deserter.
  • BNS Section 165. Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master.
  • BNS Section 166. Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman.
  • BNS Section 167. Persons subject to certain Acts.
  • BNS Section 168. Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman.
• BNS Chapter 9 - Of Offences Relating to Elections
  • BNS Section 169. Candidate, electoral right defined.
  • BNS Section 170. Bribery.
  • BNS Section 171. Undue influence at elections.
  • BNS Section 172. Personation at elections.
  • BNS Section 173. Punishment for bribery.
  • BNS Section 174. Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election.
  • BNS Section 175. False statement in connection with an election.
  • BNS Section 176. Illegal payments in connection with an election.
  • BNS Section 177. Failure to keep election accounts.
• BNS Chapter 10 - Of Offences Relating to Coin, Currency-Notes, Bank-Notes, and Government Stamps
  • BNS Section 178. Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes.
  • BNS Section 179. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
  • BNS Section 180. Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
  • BNS Section 181. Making or Possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
  • BNS Section 182. Making or Using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.
  • BNS Section 183. Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government.
  • BNS Section 184. Using Government stamp known to have been before used.
  • BNS Section 185. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used.
  • BNS Section 186. Prohibition of Fictitious stamps.
  • BNS Section 187. Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law.
  • BNS Section 188. Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint.
• BNS Chapter 11 - Of Offences Against The Public Tranquillity
  • BNS Section 189. Unlawful assembly.
  • BNS Section 190. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object.
  • BNS Section 191. Rioting.
  • BNS Section 192. Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed; if not committed.
  • BNS Section 193. Liability of owner, occupier, etc., of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes place.
  • BNS Section 194. Affray.
  • BNS Section 195. Assaulting or Obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
  • BNS Section 196. Promoting Enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony.
  • BNS Section 197. Imputations, Assertions prejudicial to national integration.
• BNS Chapter 12 - Of Offences by or Relating to Public Servants
  • BNS Section 198. Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person.
  • BNS Section 199. Public servant disobeying direction under law.
  • BNS Section 200. Punishment for nontreatment of victim.
  • BNS Section 201. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
  • BNS Section 202. Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.
  • BNS Section 203. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.
  • BNS Section 204. Personating a public servant.
  • BNS Section 205. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.
• BNS Chapter 13 - Of Contempts of The Lawful Authority of Public Servants
  • BNS Section 206. Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding.
  • BNS Section 207. Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof.
  • BNS Section 208. Nonattendance in obedience to an order from public servant.
  • BNS Section 210. Omission to Produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it.
  • BNS Section 211. Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it.
  • BNS Section 212. Furnishing False information.
  • BNS Section 213. Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it.
  • BNS Section 214. Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question.
  • BNS Section 215. Refusing to sign statement.
  • BNS Section 216. False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation.
  • BNS Section 217. False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to injury of another person.
  • BNS Section 218. Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of a public servant.
  • BNS Section 219. Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
  • BNS Section 220. Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
  • BNS Section 221. Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions.
  • BNS Section 222. Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance.
  • BNS Section 223. Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant.
  • BNS Section 224. Threat of injury to public servant.
  • BNS Section 225. Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant.
  • BNS Section 226. Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain exercise of lawful power.
  • BNS Section 209. Nonappearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
• BNS Chapter 14 - Of False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice
  • BNS Section 265. Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for.
  • BNS Section 266. Violation of condition of remission of punishment.
  • BNS Section 267. Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding.
  • BNS Section 268. Personation of assessor.
  • BNS Section 269. Failure by person released on bail bond or bond to appear in Court.
  • BNS Section 227. Giving false evidence.
  • BNS Section 228. Fabricating false evidence.
  • BNS Section 229. Punishment for false evidence.
  • BNS Section 230. Giving or Fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence.
  • BNS Section 231. Giving or Fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment.
  • BNS Section 232. Threatening any person to give false evidence.
  • BNS Section 233. Using evidence known to be false.
  • BNS Section 234. Issuing or signing false certificate.
  • BNS Section 235. Using as true a Certificate known to be false.
  • BNS Section 236. False Statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.
  • BNS Section 237. Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false.
  • BNS Section 238. Causing Disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender.
  • BNS Section 239. Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform.
  • BNS Section 240. Giving false information respecting an offence committed.
  • BNS Section 241. Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence.
  • BNS Section 242. False Personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution.
  • BNS Section 243. Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.
  • BNS Section 244. Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.
  • BNS Section 245. Fraudulently Suffering decree for sum not due.
  • BNS Section 246. Dishonestly making false claim in Court.
  • BNS Section 247. Fraudulently Obtaining decree for sum not due.
  • BNS Section 248. False charge of offence made with intent to injure.
  • BNS Section 249. Harbouring offender.
  • BNS Section 250. Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment.
  • BNS Section 251. Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender.
  • BNS Section 252. Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc.
  • BNS Section 253. Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered.
  • BNS Section 254. Penalty for Harbouring robbers or dacoits.
  • BNS Section 255. Public servant Disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.
  • BNS Section 256. Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.
  • BNS Section 257. Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law.
  • BNS Section 258. Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law.
  • BNS Section 259. Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend.
  • BNS Section 260. Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed.
  • BNS Section 261. Escape from Confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant.
  • BNS Section 262. Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension.
  • BNS Section 263. Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person.
  • BNS Section 264. Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for.
• BNS Chapter 15 - Of Offences Affecting The Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals
  • BNS Section 270. Public nuisance.
  • BNS Section 271. Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.
  • BNS Section 272. Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.
  • BNS Section 273. Disobedience to quarantine rule.
  • BNS Section 274. Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale.
  • BNS Section 275. Sale of noxious food or drink.
  • BNS Section 276. Adulteration of drugs.
  • BNS Section 277. Sale of adulterated drugs.
  • BNS Section 278. Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation.
  • BNS Section 279. Fouling water of public spring or reservoir.
  • BNS Section 280. Making Atmosphere noxious to health.
  • BNS Section 281. Rash driving or riding on a public way.
  • BNS Section 282. Rash navigation of vessel.
  • BNS Section 283. Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy.
  • BNS Section 284. Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel.
  • BNS Section 285. Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation.
  • BNS Section 286. Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance.
  • BNS Section 287. Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter.
  • BNS Section 288. Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance.
  • BNS Section 289. Negligent conduct with respect to machinery.
  • BNS Section 290. Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc.
  • BNS Section 291. Negligent conduct with respect to animal.
  • BNS Section 292. Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for.
  • BNS Section 293. Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue.
  • BNS Section 294. Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.
  • BNS Section 295. Sale, etc., of Obscene objects to child.
  • BNS Section 296. Obscene acts and songs.
  • BNS Section 297. Keeping lottery office.
• BNS Chapter 16 - Of Offences Relating to Religion
  • BNS Section 298. Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion of any class.
  • BNS Section 299. Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.
  • BNS Section 300. Disturbing Religious assembly.
  • BNS Section 301. Trespassing on burial places, etc.
  • BNS Section 302. Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person.
• BNS Chapter 17 - Of Offences Against Property
  • BNS Section 303. Theft.
  • BNS Section 304. Snatching.
  • BNS Section 305. Theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc.
  • BNS Section 306. Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master.
  • BNS Section 307. Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to committing of theft.
  • BNS Section 308. Extortion.
  • BNS Section 309. Robbery.
  • BNS Section 310. Dacoity.
  • BNS Section 311. Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt.
  • BNS Section 312. Attempt to Commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon.
  • BNS Section 313. Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc.
  • BNS Section 314. Dishonest Misappropriation of property.
  • BNS Section 315. Dishonest Misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death.
  • BNS Section 316. Criminal breach of trust.
  • BNS Section 317. Stolen property.
  • BNS Section 318. Cheating.
  • BNS Section 319. Cheating by personation.
  • BNS Section 320. Dishonest or Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors.
  • BNS Section 321. Dishonestly or Fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors.
  • BNS Section 322. Dishonest or Fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration.
  • BNS Section 323. Dishonest or Fraudulent removal or concealment of property.
  • BNS Section 324. Mischief.
  • BNS Section 325. Mischief by killing or maiming animal.
  • BNS Section 326. Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc.
  • BNS Section 327. Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a rail, aircraft, decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden.
  • BNS Section 328. Punishment for Intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc.
  • BNS Section 329. Criminal trespass and house-trespass.
  • BNS Section 330. House-trespass and housebreaking.
  • BNS Section 331. Punishment for house-trespass or housebreaking.
  • BNS Section 332. House-trespass in order to commit offence.
  • BNS Section 333. House-trespass After preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint.
  • BNS Section 334. Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property.
• BNS Chapter 18 - Of Offences Relating to Documents and to Property Marks
  • BNS Section 335. Making a false document.
  • BNS Section 336. Forgery.
  • BNS Section 337. Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc.
  • BNS Section 338. Forgery of Valuable security, will, etc
  • BNS Section 339. Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
  • BNS Section 340. Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine
  • BNS Section 341. Making or Possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338
  • BNS Section 342. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material
  • BNS Section 343. Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security
  • BNS Section 344. Falsification of accounts
  • BNS Section 345. Property mark
  • BNS Section 346. Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
  • BNS Section 347. Counterfeiting a property mark
  • BNS Section 348. Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
  • BNS Section 349. Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
  • BNS Section 350. Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
• BNS Chapter 19 - Of Criminal Intimidation, Insult, Annoyance, Defamation, Etc
  • BNS Section 351. Criminal intimidation
  • BNS Section 352. Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace
  • BNS Section 353. Statements conducing to public mischief
  • BNS Section 354. Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure
  • BNS Section 355. Misconduct in public by a drunken person
  • BNS Section 356. Defamation
  • BNS Section 357. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person
• BNS Chapter 20 - Repeal and Savings
  • BNS Section 358. Repeal and savings