Power to commute sentence
Chapter 34: Execution, suspension, remission and commutation of sentences
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.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
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