Chapter: CHAPTER- I
IPC - Section 1
1. Title and extent of operation of the Code.—
1. Title and extent of operation of the Code.—This Act shall be called the Indian Penal Code, and
shall 3
[extend to the whole of India
[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]].
BNS - Section 1
1. Short title, commencement and application.—
1. Short title, commencement and application.—
(1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Sanhita.