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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

(BNSS)

Short title, extent and commencement.

Chapter 1: PRELIMINARY

Section: 1


1. (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, 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 ofthem 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 immediatelybefore the 21st day of January, 1972, were included in the tribal areas of Assam, as referredto in paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, other than those within thelocal limits of the municipality of Shillong.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notificationin the Official Gazette, appoint.

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