Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Section - 433 - Power to commute sentence

Power to commute sentence.

433. 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, or fine.
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