New Delhi, June 14 (MExN): The Department of Personal Training (DoPT) on Friday issued a notification for all Ministries and Departments that the three new criminal laws will come into effect on July 1, 2024.
In an office memorandum, the DoPT also requested that concerned Ministries and Departments incorporate the contents of these new laws into their various training programmes to make the personnel aware and prepared for the new legal changes before they are enforced.
"In this regard, all the Ministries and Departments are requested to issue suitable instructions to the training institutions under their administrative control to include contents on these three new laws in various training programmes organized by them," it stated.
"Suitable use may also be made of the e-Courses that offer an overview of the changes introduced through the new laws, which are available on iGoT Karmayogi portal,” it added.
The three new criminal laws are the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshaya Adhiniyam, 2023.
These three laws will respectively replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.