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Section 474 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)

    Power 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.