Ministry of Law and Justice Legislative Department

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

Issue Date: 18 March 2024 Published: 27 March 2024 Published with 9 days delay

Gazette ID: CG-DL-E-27032024-253386 Download PDF Official source ↗

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Core Purpose

Notification publishing the authoritative Hindi translation of three central criminal law codes — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — under Section 5(1)(a) of the Official Languages Act, 1963.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) published, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1A (No. 2, dated 18 March 2024/Phalguna 28, 1945-46 Saka, Vol. LX), the Hindi-language translations of three enactments: the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023. These translations are published under the authority of the President and, under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (19 of 1963), are deemed to be the authoritative Hindi texts of the respective Acts. The notification itself is dated New Delhi, 18 March 2024/Phalguna 28, 1945-46 (Saka); the bulk of the document (several hundred pages) consists of the full Hindi-language text of the three codes themselves, with no further English narrative content following the notification header.

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REGISTERED NO. D.—221 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-27032024-253386 EXTRAORDINARY PART II — Section 1A PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024/PHALGUNA 28, 1945-46 (SAKA) [VOL. LX Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, March 18, 2024/Phalguna 28, 1945-46 (Saka) The translation in Hindi of the following, namely:—The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; (2) The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and (3) The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 are hereby published under the authority of the President and shall be deemed to be the authoritative texts thereof in Hindi under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (19 of 1963):—

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