BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 474 — Power to commute sentence.
Replaces CrPC Section 433.
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.
Nearby sections
- 471 Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine.
- 472 Mercy petition in death sentence cases.
- 473 Power to suspend or remit sentences.
- 475 Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases.
- 476 Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences.
- 477 State Government to act after concurrence with Central Government in certain cases.
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