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CHAPTER II GENERAL EXPLANATIONS

Section 42: “Local law”

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

A “local law” is a law applicable only to a particular part of 1[2***3[India]].

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for “British India”.
  2. 2.The words “the territories comprised in” omitted by Act 48 of 1952, s. 3 and the Second Sch.
  3. 3.Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., for “the States” which had been subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “the Provinces”.

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

42. “Local law”.BNS 2(18)

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