INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
55. Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life
5(b). Commutation of sentence.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
55. Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life.--In every
case in which sentence of 4*[imprisonment] for life shall have been
passed, 5[the appropriate Government] may, without the consent of the
offender, commute the punishment for imprisonment of either
description for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
5. Commutation of sentence.—The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the
offender, commute any punishment under this Sanhita to any other punishment in accordance
with section 474 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section the expression “appropriate Government” means, —
(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
(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.