CONTEXT:
On 25th december 2023 PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU gave assent to new bills which are going to replace the :
Indian Penal Code (IPC),(Deals with criminal offenses and their punishments)
Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)(Deals with the procedures for enforcing the criminal laws laid out in the IPC
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Indian Evidence Act(contains a set of rules and allied issues governing admissibility of evidence in the Indian courts of law.)
which were enacted during the British rule in India.
QUESTION: WHAT ARE NEW LAWS ?
ANSWER :
The Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita Bill, 2023, which will replace the IPC, 1860
The Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023, which will replace the CrPC, 1898
The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023, which will replace the Evidence Act, 1872
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