section 474
Power to commute sentence.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Criminal2023531 sections39 chapters
E.—Suspension, remission and commutation of sentences
Statutory text
The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute---
- (a) a sentence of death, for imprisonment for life;
- (b) a sentence of imprisonment for life, for imprisonment for a term not less than seven years;
- (c) a sentence of imprisonment for seven years or more, for imprisonment for a term not less than three years;
- (d) a sentence of imprisonment for less than seven years, for fine;
- (e) a sentence of rigorous imprisonment, for simple imprisonment for any term to which that person might have been sentenced.
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