IPC §14

“Servant of Government”

No correspondenceConfidence: mediumStatus: cross checkedpre bns repealed(precautionary)
Last updated 2026-05-01 · Input coverage: full

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Comparison

Old law
IPC §14
“Servant of Government”

8[14. “Servant of Government”.—The words “servant of Government” denote any officer or servant servant continued, appointed or employed in India by or under the authority of Government.]

What changedAI-inferred

There is no corresponding BNS provision. The repeal happened more than 70 years before the BNS replaced the IPC, so the absence here is not a result of the 2024 transition. The section number is preserved in the IPC sequence but contains no operative text in present-day IPC.

Old position

IPC Section 14 originally defined the term Servant of Government. The section was repealed by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 — well before the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 came into force on 1 July 2024.

New position

There is no corresponding BNS provision. The repeal happened more than 70 years before the BNS replaced the IPC, so the absence here is not a result of the 2024 transition. The section number is preserved in the IPC sequence but contains no operative text in present-day IPC.

Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)

IPC Section 14 had already been repealed before the BNS came into force; therefore there is no corresponding BNS provision to compare. The original IPC 14 defined the term Servant of Government and was repealed by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 — an instrument that adapted pre-1950 colonial-era laws to the post-Constitution framework. The repealing instrument is descriptive context only; for our schema, the operative fact is that the section was not present in the IPC at the time of BNS enactment.

Transitional note (repeal & savings)

For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, IPC 14 continues to apply. The new code does not carry forward this section as a directly corresponding provision; see the change-note for details.

Frequently asked

No. IPC Section 14 was repealed by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 — long before the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force in 2024. There is no current IPC 14 text and no BNS counterpart.

Sources

Cite this page

Newlaws.in, IPC §14 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-15, https://newlaws.in/ipc/14.

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