Bare ActsCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC)

Section 433

Power to commute sentence

The CrPC 1973 was replaced by the BNSS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 433 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 531, BNSS 2023).

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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