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..... India as follows:-- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title, commencement and application. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Sanhita. (3) Every person shall be liable to punis .....

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..... .--In this section, the word "offence" includes every act committed outside India which, if committed in India, would be punishable under this Sanhita. Illustration. A, who is a citizen of India, commits a murder in any place without and beyond India. He can be tried and convicted of murder in any place in India in which he may be found. (6) Nothing in this Sanhita shall affect the provisions o .....

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