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Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Central Act · Act 46 of 2023

(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 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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ActThe Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section1
Marginal noteShort title, extent and commencement.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it2

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  • other. . 1st July, 2024,[ except the provisions of the entry relation to Section 106(2) in the first Schedule], vide notification No. S.O. 848(E), dated, 23rd day of February, 2024, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).

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