INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
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53A. Construction of reference to transportation
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
53A. Construction of reference to transportation.--(1)
Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3), any
reference to "transportation for life" in any other law for the time
being in force or in any instrument or order having effect by virtue
of any such law or of any enactment repealed shall be construed as a
reference to "imprisonment for life".
(2) In every case in which a sentence of transportation for a
term has been passed before the commencement of the Code of Criminal
Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2*[1955], (26 of 1955), the offender
shall be dealt with in the same manner as if sentenced to rigorous
imprisonment for the same term.
(3) Any reference to transportation for a term or to
transportation for any shorter term (by whatever name called) in any
other law for the time being in force shall be deemed to have been
omitted.
(4) Any reference to "transportation" in any other law for the
time being in force shall,-
(a) if the expression means transportation for life, be
construed as a reference to imprisonment for life;
(b) if the expression means transportation for any shorter
term, be deemed to have been omitted.]
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
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