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Section 153A IPC → Section 196 BNS

Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony

Corresponds

Equivalence

Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 is corresponds as Section 196 BNS (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, effective 1 July 2024.

Old law

IPC

Indian Penal Code, 1860

New law (from 1 July 2024)

BNS

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

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