Old-to-new Indian law section converter

Use this guide to look up section correspondences between the Indian Penal Code and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Code of Criminal Procedure and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Indian Evidence Act and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam. Choose a direction, then search by a section number. A correspondence is a starting point for research; compare the enacted provisions and confirm which law applies to the facts and date in question.

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Indian Penal Code (1860) to Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (2023). Find the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section that replaces any Indian Penal Code section. Government-published correspondence table for all 511 IPC sections.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (2023) to Indian Penal Code (1860). Find the original Indian Penal Code section behind any Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section. Useful for citing precedents under the old code.

Code of Criminal Procedure (1973) to Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (2023). Find the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita section that replaces any CrPC section. Covers FIR, bail, arrest, trial, and appeal procedures.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (2023) to Code of Criminal Procedure (1973). Find the original CrPC section behind any Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita section. Essential for connecting older case law to the new procedure code.

Indian Evidence Act (1872) to Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (2023). Find the new Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam section that replaces any Indian Evidence Act section. Includes the modernised electronic evidence provisions.

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (2023) to Indian Evidence Act (1872). Find the original Indian Evidence Act section behind any Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam section. Useful for tracing evidentiary precedents.