**Executive Summary**
This document is a notification from the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, amending the Indian Police Service (Probationers' Final Examination) Rules, 2023. The amendment, titled the Indian Police Service (Probationers' Final Examination) Amendment Rules, 2025, comes into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette which is November 11, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment Details:**
* The Indian Police Service (Probationers' Final Examination) Rules, 2023 are amended.
* The amendments affect rule 3, sub-rule (1), Part-I relating to Compulsory Indoor Subjects.
* **Substitution of Laws:**
* In Paper I, "Indian Penal Code, 1860" is replaced with "Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023."
* In Paper II, "Indian Evidence Act, 1872" is replaced with "Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023."
* In Paper III, "Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973" is replaced with "Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023."
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder**: Indian Police Service Probationers
**Impact**: The probationers' final examinations will now be based on the newly substituted laws of 2023 rather than the older laws.
**Action Required**: Familiarise themselves with the updated legal codes to prepare for the examinations.
**Stakeholder**: Examiners and those involved in setting and marking the IPS probationer's exam.
**Impact**: This document has implications for the content, focus, and assessment criteria of the Indian Police Service (IPS) probationer's final examination.
**Action Required**: Examiners and those involved in setting and marking the IPS probationer's exam will need to adjust their exam preparation to align with the new examination requirements set by the updated legal codes.
Key Entities Referenced
All-India Service Act, 1951: The governing act providing the power to make rules regarding All India Services.
Indian Police Service (Probationers' Final Examination) Rules, 2023: The principal rules being amended by this notification.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions: The ministry responsible for issuing the notification.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: Replaces 'Indian Penal Code, 1860' in the Indian Police Service (Probationers' Final Examination) Rules, 2023.
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023: Replaces 'Indian Evidence Act, 1872' in the Indian Police Service (Probationers' Final Examination) Rules, 2023.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 747] नई ददल्ली, मंगलिार, निम् बर 11, 2025/कार्मतक 20, 1947
No. 747] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2025/KARTIKA 20, 1947
कार्ममक, लोक जिकायत तथा पिें न मत्रं ालय
(कार्ममक और प्रजिक्षण जिभाग)
अजधसचू ना
नई ददल्ली, 11 निम् बर, 2025
सा. का. जन. 833(अ).—केंद्रीय सरकार, अजखल भारतीय सेिा अजधजनयम, 1951 (1951 का 61) की धारा 3 की उपधारा
(1) द्वारा प्रदत्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, राज्य सरकारों और संघ लोक सेिा आयोग के परामिश से, भारतीय पुजलस सेिा
(पररिीक्षाधीन अंजतम परीक्षा) जनयम, 2023 में संिोधन करने के जलए जनम्नजलजखत जनयम बनाती है, अथाशत:-
1. संजक्षप्त नाम और प्रारंभ. - (1) इन जनयमों का संजक्षप्त नाम भारतीय पुजलस सेिा (पररिीक्षाधीन अंजतम परीक्षा) संिोधन
जनयम, 2025 ह।ै
(2) ये रािपत्र में उनके प्रकािन की तारीख को प्रिृत् त होंगे।
2. भारतीय पुजलस सेिा (पररिीक्षाधीन अंजतम परीक्षा) जनयम, 2023 में जनयम 3 के उपजनयम (1) में, अजनिायश आतं ररक
जिषयों से संबंजधत भाग-1की, सारणी में,-
( क) पेपर I से संबंजधत प्रजिजि में, “भारतीय दडं संजहता, 1860” िब्दों और अंकों के स्ट्थान पर “भारतीय न्याय संजहता,
2023” िब्द और अंक रखें िाएंगे;
(ख) पेपर II से संबंजधत प्रजिजि में, “भारतीय साक्ष्य अजधजनयम, 1872” िब्दों और अंकों के स्ट्थान पर “ भारतीय साक्ष्य
अजधजनयम , 2023” िब्द और अंक रखें िाएंगे;
(ग) पेपर III से संबंजधत प्रजिजि में, “दडं प्रदिया संजहता, 1973” िब्दों और अंकों के स्ट्थान पर “ भारतीय नागररक सुरक्षा
संजहता, 2023” िब्द और अंक रखें िाएंगे।
[फा. सं. 11058/01/2025-अभासे-III]
कजिता चौहान, अिर सजचि
7476 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
रिप्पण : मूल जनयम, भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग- II, खंड 3, उपखंड (i) में सं. सा.का.जन. 377 (अ), तारीख 19 मई , 2023
द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए थे।
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 11th November, 2025
G.S.R. 833(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the All-India Service
Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), the Central Government, in consultation with the State Governments and the Union Public
Service Commission, hereby makes the following rules to amend the Indian Police Service (Probationers’ Final
Examination) Rules, 2023, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Indian Police Service (Probationers’ Final
Examination) Amendment Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Indian Police Service (Probationers’ Final Examination) Rules, 2023, in rule 3, in sub-rule (1), in Part-
I relating to Compulsory Indoor Subjects, in the Table,-
(a) against the entry relating to Paper I, for the words and figures “Indian Penal Code, 1860”, the words and
figures “Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023” shall be substituted;
(b) against the entry relating to Paper II, for the words and figures “Indian Evidence Act, 1872”, the words
and figures “Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023” shall be substituted;
(c ) against the entry relating to Paper III, for the words and figures “Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973”, the
words and figures “Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023” shall be substituted.
[F. No. 11058/01/2025-AIS-III]
KAVITA CHAUHAN, Under Secy.
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide
number G.S.R. 377 (E), dated the 19th May, 2023.
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