BNSS 1 — Short title, extent and commencement.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Bharatiya  Nagarik
Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(2) The provisions of this Sanhita, other than those relating to Chapters IX, XI and XII thereof, shall
not apply—
(a) to the State of Nagaland;
(b) to the tribal areas,
but the concerned State Government may, by notification, apply such provisions or any of them
to  the  whole  or  part  of  the  State  of  Nagaland  or  such  tribal  areas,  as  the  case  may  be,  with  such
supplemental, incidental or consequential modifications, as may be specified in the notification.
Explanation.—In   this   section, “tribal   areas” means   the   territories   which   immediately   before
the 21st day of January, 1972, were included in the tribal areas of Assam, as referred to in paragraph 20 of
the  Sixth  Schedule  to  the    Constitution,  other  than  those  within  the  local  limits  of  the  municipality  of
Shillong.
(3) It shall come into force on such date
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 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, appoint.

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