{"id":274658,"date":"2023-12-21T19:37:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T14:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=274658"},"modified":"2023-12-21T19:37:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T14:07:58","slug":"lok-sabha-passes-bills-to-replace-british-era-criminal-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lok-sabha-passes-bills-to-replace-british-era-criminal-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Lok Sabha passes Bills to replace British-era criminal laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cLok Sabha passes Bills to replace British-era criminal laws<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in \u201c<\/strong><\/span>The Hindu\u201d on 21sxt December 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lok Sabha has passed 3 bills to replace British-era criminal laws. These includes <\/span>Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill (BNS), Bharatiya Sakshya Bill (BS) and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill (BNSS).<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill (BNS)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Replaces:<\/b> Indian Penal Code, 1860<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Provisions of the bill:<\/b><\/p>\n

1) The Bill retains most offences from the IPC. It adds community service<\/strong> as a form of punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n

2) Sedition is no longer an offence<\/strong>.\u00a0 Instead, there is a new offence for acts endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3) The bill, for the first time, defines terrorism and adds it as a separate offence in general criminal law<\/strong>.\u00a0 It is defined as an act that intends to threaten the unity, integrity, security or economic security of the country, or strike terror in the people.<\/span><\/p>\n

4) For the first time, capital punishment has been introduced for the offence of mob lynching<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is Bharatiya Sakshya Bill (BS)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Replaces: <\/b>Indian Evidence Act, 1872<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Provisions of the bill:<\/b><\/p>\n

1)\u00a0 Indian Evidence Act (IEA), 1872 provides for two kinds of evidence<\/strong> – documentary and oral.\u00a0 Documentary evidence includes primary (original documents) and secondary (that proves the contents of the original). The Bill retains this distinction.<\/span><\/p>\n

2) The bill classifies electronic records as primary evidence<\/strong>. It expands such records to include information stored in semiconductor memory or any communication devices (smartphones, laptops).<\/span><\/p>\n

3) The bill expands secondary evidence<\/strong> to include: (i) oral and written admissions, and (ii) the testimony of a person who has examined the document and is skilled in the examination of documents.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill (BNSS)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Replaces: <\/b>Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC)<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Provisions of the bill:<\/b><\/p>\n

1) The bill mandates forensic investigation<\/strong> for offences punishable with seven years of imprisonment or more.<\/span><\/p>\n

2) All trials, inquiries and proceedings may be held in electronic mode<\/strong>.\u00a0 Production of electronic communication devices, likely to contain digital evidence will be allowed for investigation, inquiry, or trial.<\/span><\/p>\n

3) If a proclaimed offender has absconded to evade trial<\/strong> and there is no immediate prospect of arresting him, the trial can be conducted and judgment pronounced in his absence<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4) The bill permits police custody of up to 90 days<\/strong> as against the 15-day custody allowed till now.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Bills in News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cLok Sabha passes Bills to replace British-era criminal laws\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 21sxt December 2023 Why in the News? Lok Sabha has passed 3 bills to replace British-era criminal laws. These includes Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill (BNS), Bharatiya Sakshya Bill (BS) and the Bharatiya Nagarik… Continue reading Lok Sabha passes Bills to replace British-era criminal laws<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1731,1760,1],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-274658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-bill-and-acts","category-polity-and-nation","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":14,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703188396},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}