BNS Section 1(1): Short title, commencement and application
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section 1
No specific classification found under the First Schedule of BNSS. This section may contain definitions, general exceptions, or auxiliary provisions.
Official Legal Provision / Summary
This subject is covered by six subsections of Section 1 of BNS, corresponding to five separate sections of IPC, sans separate headings thereof. In IPC, the extent of code operation is also given, which is absent in BNS.