Section 57 IPC — Fractions of terms of punishment

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 19

57. Fractions of terms of punishment.--In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, 4[imprinsonment] for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to 4[imprisonment] for twenty years.

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