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IPC Section 5 - Certain laws not to be affected by this Act
Last Updated: 01 Nov, 2026
By Advocate Chikirsha Mohanty
(IPC section is included as a subsection in BNS sans heading.)
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Nothing in this Act shall affect the provisions of any Act for punishing mutiny and desertion of officers, soldiers, sailors or airmen in the service of the Government of India or the provision of any special or local law.
Certain laws not to be affected by this Act
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