BNS Section 63: Rape definition
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section 375
No specific classification found under the First Schedule of BNSS. This section may contain definitions, general exceptions, or auxiliary provisions.
Official Legal Provision / Summary
Age of Consent: 15 years is replaced by 18 years in BNS. Exception 2 of Section 63 states that “sexual intercourse or acts by a man with his wife, the wife not being under 18 years of age, is not rape”.