This section covers habitual dealing in slaves in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Habitual dealing in slaves. Whoever habitually imports, exports, removes, buys, sells, traffics, or deals in slaves, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
What was the old IPC code for Section 145 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, habitual dealing in slaves was covered in S. 371.