Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 56

IPC 56: repealed before 2023

Section 56 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed before 2023, so it has no counterpart in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. IPC 56 deals with sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude. Proviso as to sentence for term exceeding ten years but not for life. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 56 was repealed before 2023.

Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude. Proviso as to sentence for term exceeding ten years but not for life · It has no counterpart in the BNS.

Repealed earlier
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. III
s. 56
Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude. Proviso as to sentence for term exceeding ten years but not for life
Rep. by the Criminal Law (Removal of Racial Discriminations) Act, 1949 (17 of 1949) (w. e. f. 6-4-1949).
Text from the official India Code PDF
IPC 55A · Definition of “appropriate Government”IPC 57 · Fractions of terms of punishment

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