Android app · Version 1.0.0

Old section, new section, without a connection.

The Newlaws app carries the section-to-section mapping between the IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act and their 2023 successors (BNS, BNSS and BSA) on your Android device. Look up a section, compare the old and new text, and read what changed in the words.

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6
acts
2,355
sections
1,251
old-to-new mappings

Bundled in version 1.0.0.

What it does

A text-level lookup for India's criminal-law transition, built for reading, not for advice.

Both directions

Start from an IPC, CrPC or IEA section and see the BNS, BNSS or BSA section it maps to, or start from the new section and see where it came from.

Old, new, and what changed

Three panels: the old text, the new text, and a labelled summary of the differences in the wording.

Search that knows sections

Type a reference such as IPC 302 to go straight to it, or a word such as conspiracy to search the text of all six acts.

Offline and private

The whole corpus is inside the app. There is no account, no advertising and no analytics, and the app does not request network access.

Screens

Four screens from version 1.0.0 on a phone.

  • Newlaws home screen listing the three transitions, IPC to BNS, CrPC to BNSS and IEA to BSA, with the old and new codes below.
    The three transitions, at a glance
  • The Acts tab with Old Acts and New Acts sub-tabs, showing each code with its year and section count.
    Browse every old and new code
  • The New Text tab for IPC 302, showing the text of the mapped BNS 103 section, with the Old Text and What Changed tabs beside it.
    Old text, new text, what changed
  • Search results for the word murder, listing matching IPC, BNS and Evidence Act sections with short excerpts.
    Search by section or by word

Reading the labels

Every mapping carries labels that say where it came from and how far it has been checked.

Relationship
A badge such as Same or Modified shows how the new section relates to the old one in the text.
Confidence
Reflects how strongly a mapping is backed by its sources, not how obvious it looks. An obvious mapping with thin sourcing is labelled medium.
AI-indicated (source-linked)
A mapping is a statement about two texts. It is prepared with AI assistance, linked to the bare-act text, and marked so you can check it. Verify current status before relying on it.

The full process is on the methodology page.

Not legal advice. Newlaws is a text-level mapping and comparison tool. It does not interpret the law, give legal advice, or replace a lawyer. Always verify against the bare act and consult a qualified advocate for any specific matter. Newlaws is an independent project and is not affiliated with any government body.
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