Causing floods is a terrorist offence in proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill to replace Indian Penal Code
The HinduThe proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill says that causing “floods” is a terrorist offence. The Bill that seeks to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code defines terrorism as a separate offence for the first time as part of a general law. Section 111 of the Bill says that a “terrorist” refers to any person who “develops, manufactures, possesses, acquires, transports, supplies or uses weapons, explosives, or releases nuclear, radiological or other dangerous substance, or cause fire, floods or explosions.” The Bill that was introduced on the last day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament on August 11 has been referred to a Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs for examination. Earlier, a senior government official had said that the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 will have no bearing on other special laws such as the UAPA and the MCOCA but it will have to follow the procedure of arrests and custody as prescribed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023 that will replace the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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