IPC §29A → BNS §2

BNS does not carry an IPC-29A-equivalent stand-alone cross-reference. The function is split-absorbed across two BNS provisions operating at different layers: BNS 2(8) performs semantic absorption — the document definition now textually includes electronic and digital record; BNS 2(39) is the umbrella external-definition rule, which makes the IT Act, 2000 (and the BNSS, 2023) automatically supply the meaning of any term used in BNS without internal definition. The IT Act's definition of electronic record remains the substantive source.

IPC Section 29A was a one-line cross-reference inserted by the Information Technology Act, 2000: The words 'electronic record' shall have the meaning assigned to them in clause (t) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. BNS does not carry an IPC-29A-equivalent stand-alone provision. The function is split-absorbed into two BNS provisions, which operate at different layers: BNS 2(8) is semantic absorption — document now textually includes electronic and digital record, so within the document context the cross-reference is no longer needed; BNS 2(39) is the interpretive fallback rule — for any term used in BNS without an internal definition, the meaning assigned in the Information Technology Act, 2000 (or the BNSS, 2023) carries through. The IT Act's definition of electronic record is the substantive source in both layers; what changed is the routing mechanism, from a section-specific cross-reference to two complementary mechanisms in BNS Section 2.