Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “Judge” means the Judge or, as the case may be, the Principal Judge, Additional Principal Judge or other Judge of a Family Court; (b) “notification”…
Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Family Courts Act, 1984. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the…
Period of detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment.— Where an accused person has, on conviction, been sentenced to imprisonment for a term, not being imprisonment in default of payment…
Saving.— (1) Nothing in section 466 or section 467 shall be held to excuse any person from any part of the punishment to which he is liable upon his former or subsequent conviction. (2) When…
Return of warrant on execution of sentence.— When a sentence has been fully executed, the officer executing it shall return the warrant to the Court from which it is issued, with an endorsement under his…
Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine.— Any money (other than a fine) payable by virtue of any order made under this Sanhita, and the method of recovery of which is not otherwise…
Mercy petition in death sentence cases.— (1) A convict under the sentence of death or his legal heir or any other relative may, if he has not already submitted a petition for mercy, file a…
Power to suspend or remit sentences.— (1) When any person has been sentenced to punishment for an offence, the appropriate Government may, at any time, without conditions or upon any conditions which the person sentenced…
Power to commute sentence.— The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute—