BNS Section 4: Punishments
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section 53
No specific classification found under the First Schedule of BNSS. This section may contain definitions, general exceptions, or auxiliary provisions.
Official Legal Provision / Summary
‘Community service' is added to punishments. The definition of community service is not given in BNS, but the explanation in Section 23 of the BNSS defines it as the "work which the court may order a convert to perform as a form of punishment that benefits the community, for which he shall not be entitled to any remuneration".