CrPC 433 vs BNSS 474: Power to commute sentence
Section 433 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is now section 474(d) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, in force from 1 July 2024. 68% of the old wording is kept; 26 words removed and 36 words added.
Struck out: only in the old section. Marked: new in the new section. Punctuation and capitals are ignored when matching words.
CrPC section 433Power to commute sentence
The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute— (a) a sentence of death, for any other punishment provided by the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860); (b) a sentence of imprisonment for life, for imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years; or for fine; (c) a sentence of rigorous imprisonment, for simple imprisonment for any term to which that person might have been sentenced. or for fine; (d) a sentence of simple imprisonment, for fine.
BNSS section 474Power to commute sentence
The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute— (a) a sentence of death, for imprisonment for life; (b) a sentence of imprisonment for life, for imprisonment for a term not less than seven years; (c) a sentence of imprisonment for seven years or more, for imprisonment for a term not less than three years; (d) a sentence of imprisonment for less than seven years, for fine; (e) a sentence of rigorous imprisonment, for simple imprisonment for any term to which that person might have been sentenced.
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