Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 59

IPC 59: repealed before 2023

Section 59 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed before 2023, so it has no counterpart in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. IPC 59 deals with transportation instead of imprisonment. 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IPC 59 was repealed before 2023.

Transportation instead of imprisonment · It has no counterpart in the BNS.

Repealed earlier
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. III
s. 59
Transportation instead of imprisonment
Rep. by s.117 and the Sch., ibid. (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
Text from the official India Code PDF
IPC 58 · Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transportedIPC 60 · Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple

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