The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

§147 — Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against Government of India

Whoever wages war against the Government of India, or attempts to wage such war, or abets the waging of such war, shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to fine.

Illustration. A joins an insurrection against the Government of India. A has committed the offence defined in this section.

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Renumberedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §121Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India New lawBNS §147Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against Government of India

IPC §121 → BNS §147 per the official NCRB Sankalan table.

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Official text: Gazette of India via MHA (official) ↗

Official Gazette text: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023), English PDF as hosted by Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in, file 250883_english_01042024.pdf; canonical mirror indiacode.nic.in bitstream a202345.pdf). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -layout and @nexlex/ingest gazette-pdf parser on 2026-07-14. Automated parse; structural validation + spot verification of sections 1, 63, 103, 302, 358; full clause-level proofread pending.

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