Section 474: Power to commute sentence.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Central Act · Act 46 of 2023
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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