Section 223 BNS: Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant.

Section 223 of the BNS corresponds to Section 188 of the IPC.

BNS section: 223

IPC equivalent: Section 188

Category: Criminal Breach of Trust

The section is reorganised in the form of clauses (a) and (b). In clause (a), the upper limit of imprisonment is increased from one month to six months, and the fine is increased from two hundred to two thousand and five hundred rupees. In clause (b), the limit of imprisonment is increased from six months to one year, and the fine from one thousand r upees to five thousand rupees.