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Indian Penal Code, 1860

Try:Section 161 · (Repealed)Section 68 · Imprisonment to terminate…Section 22 · “Movable property”

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23 chapters · 511 sections

Chapter I

Introduction

5 sections

Section 1Title and extent of operation of the Code
Section 2Punishment of offences committed within India
Section 3Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India
Section 4Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
Section 5Certain laws not to be affected by this Act

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Chapter I

Introduction

5 sections

Section 1Title and extent of operation of the Code
Section 2Punishment of offences committed within India
Section 3Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India
Section 4Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
Section 5Certain laws not to be affected by this Act

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About the Act

Act 45 of 1860Ministry of Home Affairs

About the Indian Penal Code

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) was India's substantive criminal code for over 160 years. Drafted under the chairmanship of Thomas Babington Macaulay and enacted in 1860, it came into force on 1 January 1862 and defined the vast majority of criminal offences prosecuted in India until 1 July 2024, when it was superseded by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).

The act runs to 511 sections, organised into 23 chapters (26 with the amendment inserts 5A, 9A and 20A), covering everything from offences against the State and the human body to property, documents, marriage and defamation. Although the BNS has replaced the IPC prospectively, the IPC continues to apply to offences that were committed before 1 July 2024 — so both codes remain in active use in Indian courts for years to come.

This page indexes the full text of every IPC section, retained for reference, research and pending prosecutions. Use the search above to find a section by keyword (e.g. “murder”, “cheating”) or by section number. Use the BNS converter to find the BNS provision that corresponds to a given IPC section.