Short title, commencement and application.

(1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. (2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Sanhita. (3) Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Sanhita and not otherwise for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof, of which he shall be guilty within India. (4) Any person liable, by any law for the time being in force in India, to be tried for an offence committed beyond India shall be dealt with according to the provisions of this Sanhita for any act committed beyond India in the same manner as if such act had been committed within India. (5) The provisions of this Sanhita shall also apply to any offence committed by— (a) any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India; (b) any person on any ship or aircraft registered in India wherever it may be; (c) any person in any place without and beyond India committing offence targeting a computer resource located in India. Explanation.—In this section, the word “offence” includes every act committed outside India which, if committed in India, would be punishable under this Sanhita. A, who is a citizen of India, commits a murder in any place without and beyond India. He can be tried and convicted of murder in any place in India in which he may be found. Illustration. (6) Nothing in this Sanhita shall affect the provisions of any Act for punishing mutiny and desertion of officers, soldiers, sailors or airmen in the service of the Government of India or the provisions of any special or local law.

1. इस अधिनियम का संक्षिप्त नाम भारतीय न्याय संहिता, 2023 है । संक्षिप्त. नाम, प्रारम्भ. और (2) यह उस तारीख को प्रवृत्त होगा, जो केन्द्रीय सरकार, राजपत्र मैं अधिसूचना द्वारा, .. ल्लागू होना । नियत करे और इस संहिता के भिन्न-भिन्न उपबंधों के लिए भिन्न-भिन्न तारीखें नियत की जा सरकेंगी । (3) प्रत्येक व्यक्ति इस संहिता के उपबन्धों के प्रतिकूल प्रत्येक कार्य या लोप के लिए,