Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 29A

IPC 29A in BNS: no corresponding section

Section 29A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was not carried into the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: no BNS section corresponds to it. IPC 29A deals with “Electronic record”. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC. Its full text is set out below.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 29A has no counterpart in the BNS.

“Electronic record” · It was not carried into the 2023 code.

Dropped
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. II
s. 29A
“Electronic record”
The words “electronic record” shall have the meaning assigned to them in clause (t) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000).]
Text from the official India Code PDF
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