Section 6 Earlier IPC 57
Fractions of terms of punishment
Chapter 2: Of punishments
In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years unless otherwise provided.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
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- 4PunishmentsIPC 53
- 5Commutation of sentenceIPC 54, 55
- 7Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simpleIPC 60
- 8Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etcIPC 63, 64
- 9Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offencesIPC 71
- 10Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of whichIPC 72