CHAPTER II OF PUNISHMENTS

Section 5: Commutation of sentence

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the offender, commute any punishment under this Sanhita to any other punishment in accordance with section 474 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section the expression “appropriate Government” means, —

(a) in cases where the sentence is a sentence of death or is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends, the Central Government; and

(b) in cases where the sentence (whether of death or not) is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends, the Government of the State within which the offender is sentenced.

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

5(a)	54. Commutation of sentence of death.
5(b)	55. Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life.

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1. Under Section 5 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 read with Section 474 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the appropriate Government may, without the consent of the offender, commute a sentence of death to:

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