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CHAPTER II GENERAL EXPLANATIONS

Section 17: “Government”

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

1[The word “Government” denotes the Central Government or the Government of a 2***State.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for section 17.
  2. 2.The word and letter “Part A” omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch. (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).

Now in the BNS

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

17. “Government”.BNS 2(12)

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