Section 63 BNS: Rape definition.

Section 63 of the BNS corresponds to Section 375 of the IPC.

BNS section: 63

IPC equivalent: Section 375

Category: Offences Against State

Age of Consent: 15 years is replaced by 18 years in BNS. Exception 2 of Section 63 states that 'sexual intercourse or acts by a man with his wife, the wife not being under 18 years of age, is not rape'.

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