The Bare Act
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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20 chapters · 358 sections
Chapter XVIII
Of Offences Relating To Documents And To Property Marks
16 sections
- Section 335Making a false document
- Section 336Forgery
- Section 337Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc
- Section 338Forgery of valuable security, will, etc
- Section 339Having possession of document described in section 337 or 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
- Section 340Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine
- Section 341Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338
- Section 342Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material
- Section 343Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security
- Section 344Falsification of accounts
- Section 345Property mark
- Section 346Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
- Section 347Counterfeiting a property mark
- Section 348Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
- Section 349Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
- Section 350Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
Chapter XVIII
Of Offences Relating To Documents And To Property Marks
16 sections
- Section 335Making a false document
- Section 336Forgery
- Section 337Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc
- Section 338Forgery of valuable security, will, etc
- Section 339Having possession of document described in section 337 or 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
- Section 340Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine
- Section 341Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338
- Section 342Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material
- Section 343Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security
- Section 344Falsification of accounts
- Section 345Property mark
- Section 346Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
- Section 347Counterfeiting a property mark
- Section 348Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
- Section 349Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
- Section 350Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
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.