1. (1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(2) The provisions of this Sanhita, other than those relating to Chapters IX, XI and XII thereof, shall not apply-
(a) to the State of Nagaland;
(b) to the tribal areas, but the concerned State Government may, by notification, apply such provisions or any of them to the whole or part of the State of Nagaland or such tribal areas, as the case may be, with such supplemental, incidental or consequential modifications, as may be specified in the notification. Explanation.-In this section, "tribal areas" means the territories which immediately before the 21st day of January, 1972, were included in the tribal areas of Assam, as referred to in paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, other than those within the local limits of the municipality of Shillong.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 1 Short title extent and commencement
Section 3 Construction of references
Section 4 Trial of offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and other laws
Section 6 Classes of Criminal Courts
Section 7 Territorial divisions
Section 9 Courts of Judicial Magistrates
Section 10 Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc