Section 60 of The Indian Penal Code – Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it…
Section 59 of The Indian Penal Code – [Transportation instead of imprisonment.]Rep. by s.117 and the Sch., ibid. (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). See Index of IPC See Related Posts.
Section 58 of The Indian Penal Code – [Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transported.]Rep. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1955 (26 of 1955), s. 117 and the Sch. (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). See Index of IPC…
Section 57 of The Indian Penal Code – Fractions of terms of punishment In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years. See Index of IPC See Related Posts.
Section 56 of The Indian Penal Code – [Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude. Proviso as to sentence for term exceeding ten years but not for life.] Rep. by the Criminal Law (Removal of Racial Discriminations) Act, 1949…
1[Section 55A of The Indian Penal Code – Definition of “appropriate Government” In sections fifty-four and fifty-five, the expression “appropriate Government” means—(a) in cases where the sentence is a sentence of death or is for an offence against any law…
Section 55 of The Indian Penal Code – Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life In every case in which sentence of 1[imprisonment] for life shall have been passed, 2[the appropriate Government] may, without the consent of the offender, commute…
Section 54 of The Indian Penal Code – Commutation of sentence of death In every case in which sentence of death shall have been passed, the 1[appropriate Government] may, without the consent of the offender, commute the punishment for any…
1[Section 53A of The Indian Penal Code – Construction of reference to transportation (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3), any reference to “transportation for life” in any other law for the time being in force…
Section 53 of The Indian Penal Code – Punishments The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this Code are—First,—Death; 1[Secondly,—Imprisonment for life;] 2***** Fourthly,—Imprisonment, which is of two descriptions, namely:—(1) Rigorous, that is, with hard labour;(2)…