CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY 1. Short title extent and commencement : – (1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (2) The provision sot this Sanhita, other than those relating to Chapters IX, XI and XII thereof, shall not Nagaland; a. To the state of Nagaland; b. To the tribal areas, but the concerned state Government may,