Indian Penal Code
IPC 8 is now BNS 2(10).
Gender · BNS 2 brings it together with IPC 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52 and 52A. BNS 2(3) and BNS 2(39) are new, with no IPC counterpart.
Merged
80% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. II
s. 8
Gender
The pronoun “he” and its derivatives are used of any person, whether male or female.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. I
s. 2(10)of section 2
Definitions.
(10) "gender".---The pronoun "he" and its derivatives are used of any person, whether male, female or transgender.
Explanation.---"transgender" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (k) of section 2 of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 (40 of 2019);
Text from India Code