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Indian Penal Code, 1860 Repealed w.e.f. 1 July 2024

Section 188 IPC - Disobedience to order duly Promulgated by public servant

Section 188 IPC is now Section 223 of the BNS - the BNS replaced the IPC on 1 July 2024.
Act
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section
188 - Disobedience to order duly Promulgated by public servant
New provision
Section 223 BNS

IPC → BNS: what changed

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Section 223 BNS 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 188 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 deals with disobedience to order duly Promulgated by public servant. Under the new law this is Section 223 of the BNS.

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