Bare Acts › Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)

Section 1

This Act has been repealed — see The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (from 2024-07-01). The prior text continues to govern matters arising before that date.

Title and extent of operation of the Code

The IPC 1860 was replaced by the BNS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 1 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 358, BNS 2023).

This act shall be called the Indian Penal Code, and shall extend to the whole of India [x x x x]. Omitted by Act 34 of 2019. Prior to the omission it reads "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir"