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Section 23 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

23. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will.

Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, is, by reason of intoxication, incapable of knowing the nature of the act, or that he is doing what is either wrong, or contrary to law; provided that the thing which intoxicated him was administered to him without his knowledge or against his will.

Related Sections

Section 316: Criminal breach of trust
Section 330: House-trespass and housebreaking
Section 353: Statements conducing to public mischief
Section 258: Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law
Section 308: Extortion

Related Acts

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021
Recycling of Ships Act, 2019
Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018
Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Amendment Act, 2017

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