Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter I: Preliminary

Section 4 BNSS: Trial of offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and other laws

Corresponding CrPC: Section 4 CrPC

Bare Act text

(1) All offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with according to the provisions hereinafter contained.

(2) All offences under any other law shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with according to the same provisions, but subject to any enactment for the time being in force regulating the manner or place of investigating, inquiring into, trying or otherwise dealing with such offences.

Text as enacted in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023), in force from 1 July 2024. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

Provides that offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 are investigated, inquired into and tried under this Sanhita. Offences under other laws are dealt with under the same provisions, subject to any enactment that regulates the manner or place of dealing with them.