Act Number: 2

Act Name: The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Year: 1974

Enactment Date: 1974-01-25

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 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.
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