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Chapter XXXIV · Execution, Suspension, Remission and Commutation of Sentences

474Power to commute sentence

Section 474 · Chapter XXXIV · 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.

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