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Official sources

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New criminal laws, published by the Ministry of Home Affairs

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 https://www.mha.gov.in/files/documents/250883_english01042024.pdf
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, including its First Schedule https://www.mha.gov.in/files/documents/250884_2english_01042024.pdf
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 https://www.mha.gov.in/files/documents/250882_english_01042024_0.pdf
Ministry of Home Affairs page that publishes these three Acts, the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 https://www.mha.gov.in/judicial-wing-division

Earlier Acts used for the comparison pages, published by the Ministry of Home Affairs

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 https://www.mha.gov.in/files/acts_rules_documets/IPC1860.pdf
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 https://www.mha.gov.in/files/acts_rules_documets/ccp1973.pdf
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872, India Code, Central Act, Ministry of Law and Justice https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/12846

Comparison tables and the BNSS Schedule, published by NCRB under the Ministry of Home Affairs

NCRB Sankalan home https://www.ncrb.mha.gov.in/uploads/SankalanPortal/Index.html
IPC to BNS corresponding-section table https://www.ncrb.mha.gov.in/uploads/SankalanPortal/SectionTableBNS.html
CrPC to BNSS corresponding-section table https://www.ncrb.mha.gov.in/uploads/SankalanPortal/SectionTableBNSS.html
IEA to BSA corresponding-section table https://www.ncrb.mha.gov.in/uploads/SankalanPortal/SectionTableBSA.html
BNSS First Schedule https://www.ncrb.mha.gov.in/uploads/SankalanPortal/ScheduleBNSS.html

Other Central Acts shown in this app, on India Code

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Ministry of Women and Child Development https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2079
The Arms Act, 1959, Ministry of Home Affairs https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/1398
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Ministry of Finance https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/1791
The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Ministry of Women and Child Development https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/1679
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Central Act, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/12934

Forms, notices and study notes

Downloadable memos, notices, bonds, certificates and reports are unofficial educational templates. Investigation notes are unofficial study notes. They are not official government forms or manuals, and they are not issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, NCRB, or any police department. Use the format your own department prescribes. The Acts those templates and notes relate to are the Acts listed above. The 60-day and 90-day choices in the chargesheet calculator follow section 187 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in the BNSS PDF linked above.