Article 302 in The Constitution Of India 1949

302. Power of Parliament to impose restrictions on trade, commerce and intercourse

Parliament may by law impose such restrictions on the freedom of trade, commerce or
intercourse between one State and another or within any part of the territory of India as may
be required in the public interest
Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the main criminal code of India. It is a comprehensive code
intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law. The code was drafted in 1860 on the
recommendations of first law commission of India established in 1834 under the Charter Act
of 1833 under the Chairmanship of Thomas Babington Macaulay.[1][2][3] It came into force in
British India during the early British Raj period in 1862. However, it did not apply
automatically in the Princely states, which had their own courts and legal systems until the
1940s. The Code has since been amended several times and is now supplemented by other
criminal provisions. Based on IPC, Jammu and Kashmir has enacted a separate code known
as Ranbir Penal Code (RPC).
After the departure of the British, the Indian Penal Code was inherited by Pakistan as well,
much of which was formerly part of British India, and there it is now called the Pakistan
Penal Code. Even after the independence of Bangladesh (Formerly known as East Pakistan)
from Pakistan (Formerly known as West Pakistan), it continued in force there. It, the Indian
Penal Code, was also adopted by the British colonial authorities in Burma, Ceylon (now Sri
Lanka), the Straits Settlements (now part of Malaysia), Singapore and Brunei, and remains
the basis of the criminal codes in those countries.The Ranbir Penal Code applicable in that
state of Jammu and Kashmir of India, is also based on this Code