§ 433 Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973

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Section 433. Power to commute sentence

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Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
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433

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Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973

433.Power to commute sentence.-

The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute-

(a) a sentence of death, for any other punishment provided by the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860);

(b) a sentence of imprisonment for life, for imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or for fine;

(c) a sentence of rigorous imprisonment, for simple imprisonment for any term to which that person might have been sentenced, or for fine;

(d) a sentence of simple imprisonment, for fine.