Section 55 IPC — Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 19

55. Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life.--In every case in which sentence of 4*[imprisonment] for life shall have been passed, 5[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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