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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 In force since 1 July 2024

Section 223 BNS - Disobedience to order duly Promulgated by public servant

Act
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section
223 - Disobedience to order duly Promulgated by public servant
Old provision
Section 188 IPC

Old law → Section 223 BNS

Corresponds toChangeRemarks
Section 188 IPC Modified The section is reorganised in the form of clauses (a) and (b). In clause (a), the upper limit of imprisonment is increased from one month to six months, and the fine is increased from two hundred to two thousand and five hundred rupees. In clause (b), the limit of impris onment is increased from six months to one year, and the fine from one thousand rupees to five thousand rupees.

Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 deals with disobedience to order duly Promulgated by public servant. Under the old law this was Section 188 of the IPC.

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