Indian Penal Code (IPC) S. 55. Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life.
55. Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life.—In every case in which sentence of [i][imprisonment] for life shall have been passed, [ii][the appropriate Government] may, without the consent of the offender, commute the punishment for imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
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[i] Substituted for “transportation” by Act 26 of 1955, S. 117 and Sch (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
[ii] Substituted by the A.O. 1950 for “the Provincial Government of the Province within which the offender shall have been sentenced”.
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