The Centre announced that the provisions of three significant laws – Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 – will become effective on July 1, 2024.
- The Home Ministry conveyed this information through a gazette notification.
- These laws were passed by Parliament in December 2023.
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 are slated to replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1898, and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872.
Q: When will the provisions of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 come into force?
a) July 1, 2023
b) July 1, 2024
c) January 1, 2023
d) December 31, 2023
Ans : b) July 1, 2024
