BNSS 474 — Power to commute sentence.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

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.

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