Offence classification: scheme linking offence descriptions to punishments, cognizability, bailability and forum of trial. The First Schedule to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 classifies each statutory provision by offence description, prescribed punishment, whether it is cognizable or non-cognizable, whether it is bailable or non-bailable, and the court by which it is triable, with explanatory notes that the entries indicate substance not definitions, that 'cognizable' denotes arrest without warrant, and that magistrate references exclude Executive Magistrates.