Section 13 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Enhanced
punishment
for certain
offences after
previous
conviction.

13. Whoever, having been convicted by a Court in India, of an offence punishable
    under Chapter X or Chapter XVII of this Sanhita with imprisonment of either description for
    a term of three years or upwards, shall be guilty of any offence punishable under either of
    those Chapters with like imprisonment for the like term, shall be subject for every such
    subsequent offence to imprisonment for life, or to imprisonment of either description for a
    term which may extend to ten years.