ACTBINDING STATUTE
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
AI / PRIVACY / CYBER RELEVANCE
Technology-neutral criminal offences can capture AI-assisted fraud, deepfake impersonation and manipulated electronic records.
AI: HighPrivacy: HighCybersecurity: High
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- Section 318 - cheating
- Section 319 - cheating by personation
- Section 335 - making a false document
PURVIEW
Sets the substantive criminal-law framework relevant to conduct that may be enabled, amplified or disguised through AI and digital systems. For AI, the BNS is important because harmful AI conduct may already fall within technology-neutral criminal offences even where India does not have a separate offence labelled “AI misuse.” For data protection and trust, it provides the punitive legal backstop against fraudulent or deceptive uses of personal identity, digital records and synthetic representations.
Classification and legal status. Binding primary criminal legislation.
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