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Source document
- Title
- The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023)
- Published in
- The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II—Section 1, No. 54, New Delhi, 25 December 2023 (CG-DL-E-25122023-250884)
- Assent
- 25 December 2023
- Commencement
- In force from 1 July 2024 (S.O. 848(E), dated 23 February 2024).
- Text as of
- As enacted (Gazette of 25 December 2023); later amendments, if any, are not incorporated.
- File
- bnss-2023-gazette.pdf (249 pages) — original at prsindia.org
- SHA-256
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- 2026-10-29T03:50:17+00:00
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The entire content of this site is available as JSON, generated from the same data as these pages. Like the rest of the site it is public domain (CC0), and may contain mistakes — the Gazette is authoritative.
| File | Contents | Size |
|---|---|---|
bnss.json | The entire Act as structured JSON: preamble, chapters, group headings, sections, sub-provisions, and both Schedules (Classification of Offences and 58 Forms), with citation ids and Gazette page numbers. | 1,253 KB |
stats.json | The figures on the stats page, each with its sources. | 22 KB |
DATA_MODEL.md | Schema and citation-id scheme for bnss.json. | 4 KB |
bnss-2023-gazette.pdf | The source Gazette of India publication, unmodified. | 1,986 KB |
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Method
Text extracted from the Gazette PDF using glyph coordinates and verified through completeness checks that ensure every section's parsed tree reproduces the printed text character-for-character. The text is parsed into 39 chapters, 531 sections, numbered sub-provisions, and two Schedules (Classification of Offences and 58 Forms). Labels, marginal headings and punctuation are kept as printed. Each paragraph links to the Gazette page on which it begins.
Citation guide
Indian statutes are cited as section → sub-section (1) → clause (a) → sub-clause (i); the compact form is section 35(1)(b). Every paragraph on this site has an anchor #p-<id> whose id is that compact citation, e.g. /section-173/#p-173(1). Use the ¶ button beside a paragraph to copy its link, its short citation (Section 173(1), BNSS
) or its long form (sub-section (1) of section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
).
| Provision | id | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Section 173 (FIR) | 173 | Section 173 |
| Sub-section (1) of section 173 | 173(1) | Section 173(1) |
| Clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 35 (arrest without warrant) | 35(1)(b) | Section 35(1)(b) |
| Sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 215 | 215(1)(a)(i) | Section 215(1)(a)(i) |
| Clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 2 (definitions) | 2(1)(a) | Section 2(1)(a) |
| Explanation 1 to section 35(1)(b) | 35(1)(b)-expl | Explanation to Section 35(1)(b) |
| First proviso to section 173(1) | 173(1)-proviso-1 | First proviso to Section 173(1) |
| Illustration (a) to section 245 | 245-illus-a | Illustration (a) to Section 245 |
The search box accepts citations directly: 173, s. 173(1), sec 35(1)(b), Section 482, BNSS 187(2), §173.
Reading the text
Provisions that qualify the main text are colour-coded, with a faint rule along their full extent: Explanation., Exception., Provided (proviso) and Illustrations. Colour is a reading aid only; the wording is exactly as printed in the Gazette.
Disclaimer
This is an unofficial rendering provided for convenience. It is not legal advice and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Government of India. Despite the checks described above, it may contain mistakes — in the text, its structure, the cross-reference links, the search or the stats page. The text published in the Gazette of India is authoritative; consult it for any legal purpose. In force from 1 July 2024 (S.O. 848(E), dated 23 February 2024). The Sanhita replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974). As enacted (Gazette of 25 December 2023); later amendments, if any, are not incorporated.
Public domain
Everything made for this site — code, structured data, transcriptions and the compiled stats — is dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0: use it for anything, no permission or attribution needed. No rights are claimed in the text of the Act or in the Gazette PDF, which are reproduced unmodified from the Government of India's publication. Sources cited on the stats page remain their publishers' works.