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BNSS Section 474: Power to commute sentence

Section 474 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with power to commute sentence. It replaces CrPC 433 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 474

474. 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.

Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases.

CrPC sections replaced

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