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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
Commutation of
sentence of 19[
imprisonment ] for
life
55. In every case in which sentence of 20[ imprisonment] for life shall have been
passed, 21[ the Government] may, without the consent of the offender, commute
the punishment for imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding
22[ twenty] years.
Saving for President’s
prerogative
23[ 55A.
Nothing in section fiftyfour or section fiftyfive shall derogate from the
right of the President to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of
punishment.]
24[ Repealed]
56. [Repealed by Schedule of the Criminal Law (Extinction of Discriminatory
Privileges Act, 1949 (Act No. II of 1950).]
Fractions of terms of
punishment
57. In calculating fractions of terms of punishment,
25[ imprisonment]
for life
shall be reckoned as equivalent to 26[ rigorous imprisonment for thirty years].
27[ Omitted]
58. [Omitted by section 6 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985
(Ordinance No. XLI of 1985).]
59. [Omitted by section 6 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985
(Ordinance No. XLI of 1985).]
certain cases of
imprisonment, wholly
or partly rigorous or
simple
60. In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which
may be of either description, it shall be competent to the Court which sentences
such offender to direct in the sentence that such imprisonment shall be wholly
rigorous, or that such imprisonment shall be wholly simple, or that any part of
such imprisonment shall be rigorous and the rest simple.
28[ Omitted]
Sentence may be (in
29[ Repealed]
61. [Repealed by section 4 of the Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1921 (Act
No. XVI of 1921).]
30[ Repealed]
62. [Repealed by section 4 of the Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1921 (Act
No. XVI of 1921).]
63. Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine
to which the offender is liable is unlimited, but shall not be excessive.
Amount of fine
Sentence of
imprisonment for
nonpayment of fine
64. In every case of an offence punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, in
which the offender is sentenced to a fine, whether with or without imprisonment,
and in every case of an offence punishable with imprisonment or fine, or with
fine only, in which the offender is sentenced to a fine,
it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct by the
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