BNS 330: earlier IPC 443 and 445

Section 330 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 replaces Sections 443 and 445 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. BNS 330 deals with house-trespass and hous-ebreaking. It brings 2 old provisions together. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

BNS 330 was IPC 443 and 445.

House-trespass and hous-ebreaking. · It brings 2 old provisions together.

Merged

Came from

Old wording kept in full

Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVII

s. 443

Lurking house-trespass

Whoever commits house-trespass having taken precautions to conceal such house-trespass from some person who has a right to exclude or eject the trespasser from the building, tent or vessel which is the subject of the trespass, is said to commit “lurking house-trespass”.

Text from the official India Code PDF

New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XVII

s. 330(1)of section 330

House-trespass and hous-ebreaking.

(1) Whoever commits house-trespass having taken precautions to conceal such house-trespass from some person who has a right to exclude or eject the trespasser from the building, tent or vessel which is the subject of the trespass, is said to commit lurking house-trespass.

Text from India Code