Bare ActsIndian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)

Section 57

Fractions of terms of punishment

The IPC 1860 was replaced by the BNS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 57 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 358, BNS 2023).

In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years.

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