New Criminal Laws, Which Replace Penal Code, To Come Into Effect From July 1
The three new criminal laws will come into effect from July 1 and replace the country's colonial-era legislations, the government announced on Saturday. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill will replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) of 1973, and Indian Evidence Act, of 1872.
