The Bare Act
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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20 chapters · 358 sections
Chapter XIII
Of Contempts Of The Lawful Authority Of Public Servants
21 sections
- Section 206Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
- Section 207Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof
- Section 208Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant
- Section 209Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- Section 210Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it
- Section 211Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it
- Section 212Furnishing false information
- Section 213Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
- Section 214Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question
- Section 215Refusing to sign statement
- Section 216False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation
- Section 217False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person
- Section 218Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant
- Section 219Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant
- Section 220Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant
- Section 221Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions
- Section 222Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
- Section 223Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant
- Section 224Threat of injury to public servant
- Section 225Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant
- Section 226Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restraint exercise of lawful power
Chapter XIII
Of Contempts Of The Lawful Authority Of Public Servants
21 sections
- Section 206Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
- Section 207Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof
- Section 208Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant
- Section 209Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- Section 210Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it
- Section 211Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it
- Section 212Furnishing false information
- Section 213Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
- Section 214Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question
- Section 215Refusing to sign statement
- Section 216False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation
- Section 217False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person
- Section 218Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant
- Section 219Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant
- Section 220Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant
- Section 221Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions
- Section 222Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance
- Section 223Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant
- Section 224Threat of injury to public servant
- Section 225Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant
- Section 226Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restraint exercise of lawful power
About the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) is India’s primary criminal code. It came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), which had governed criminal offences in India for over 160 years. The BNS is one of three criminal-law statutes overhauled in 2023 — alongside the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (which replaced the CrPC) and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (which replaced the Indian Evidence Act).
The act runs to roughly 358 sections, organised into 20 chapters. While the substantive structure largely mirrors the IPC, the BNS reorganises offences, introduces community service as a form of punishment, codifies new offences (such as terrorism and organised crime) and removes archaic categories that had fallen out of use. Where a BNS section has a direct IPC ancestor, the corresponding IPC section is noted on the section page.
This page indexes the full text of every BNS section, sourced and kept current with official notifications. Use the search above to find a section by keyword (e.g. “rape”, “abetment”) or by section number. Use the IPC converter if you’re translating an older IPC reference into its BNS equivalent.