Definition of "appropriate Government".

1[In sections fifty-four and fifty-five the expression "appropriate Government" means,

1. (a) in cases where the sentence is a sentence of death or is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends, the Central Government; and
2. (b) in cases where the sentence (whether of death or not) is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends, the Government of the State within which the offender is sentenced.]

¹ Subs. by the A.O. 1950. Earlier ins. by the A.O. 1937.