Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 74

IPC 74 in BNS: Section 12

Section 74 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to Section 12 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. IPC 74 deals with limit of solitary confinement. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 74 is now BNS 12.

Limit of solitary confinement

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. III
s. 74
Limit of solitary confinement
In executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when the imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any one month of the whole imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. II
s. 12
Limit of solitary confinement.
In executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when the imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any one month of the whole imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods.
Text from India Code

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