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CHAPTER III OF PUNISHMENTS

Section 57: Fractions of terms of punishment

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, 1[imprisonment] for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to 1[imprisonment] for twenty years.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for “transportation” (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).

Now in the BNS

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

57. Fractions of terms of punishment.BNS 6

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  1. 1. Under Section 6 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life is to be reckoned, unless otherwise provided, as equivalent to imprisonment for:

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