Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
IPC 124 (Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power) corresponds most closely to BNS 151, Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power, on a text comparison scoring 74 per cent. The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed with effect from 01 Jul 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.
Repealed · Indian Penal Code
Section 124 Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the [President] of India, or [Governor ] of any State, to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any of the lawful powers of such [President or [Governor ],
assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, such [President or [Governor ], for life or any shorter term".
7. Ins. by Act 16 of 1921, s. 3.
8. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for "Queen".
9. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and Sch., for "transportation for life".
10. Subs. by Act 16 of 1921, s. 2, for "and shall forfeit all his property".
11. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for "Governor General".
12. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for "Governor".
13. The words "or Rajpramukh" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956.
14. The words "or a Leutenant-Governor" rep. by the A. O. 1937.
15. The words "or a Member of the Council of the Governor General of India" rep. by the A. O. 1948.
16. The words "or of the Council of any Presidency" rep. by the A. O. 1937.
17. The original words "Governor General, Governor, Lieutenant- Governor or Member of Council" have successively been amended by the A.O. 1937, A. O. 1948 and A. O. 1950 to read as above.
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
In force · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Section 151 Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power
Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the President of India, or Governor of any State, to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any of the lawful powers of such President or Governor, assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, such President or Governor, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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What it measures is how alike the text of two provisions is. For each provision of the old enactment we compare its words against every provision of the new one and report the closest, with the score. That works here because the new codes are largely a renumbering rather than a rewrite: where a provision carried over near-verbatim the match is self-evidencing, and you can see it for yourself, because both texts are set out side by side on every entry.
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