BNSS 477 — State Government to act after concurrence with Central Government in certain cases.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1)
The powers conferred by sections 473 and 474 upon the State Government to remit or commute a sentence,
in any case where the sentence is for an offence—
(a) which was investigated by any agency empowered to make investigation into an offence under

any Central Act other than this Sanhita; or
(b) which involved the misappropriation or destruction of, or damage to, any property belonging to
the Central Government; or
(c) which  was  committed  by  a  person  in the  service of  the  Central  Government  while  acting  or
purporting to act in the discharge of his official duty,
shall not be exercised by the State Government except after concurrence with the Central Government.
(2) No order of suspension, remission or commutation of sentences passed by the State Government in
relation  to  a  person,  who  has  been  convicted  of  offences,  some  of  which  relate  to  matters  to  which  the
executive  power  of  the  Union  extends,  and  who  has  been  sentenced  to  separate  terms  of  imprisonment
which  are  to  run  concurrently,  shall  have  effect  unless  an  order  for  the  suspension,  remission  or
commutation,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  such  sentences  has  also  been  made  by  the  Central  Government  in
relation to the offences committed by such person with regard to matters to which the executive power of
the Union extends.

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