Section 474 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023
Power to commute sentence.— The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute—
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Power to commute sentence.— The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute—
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