BNSS § 475 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 475 BNSS — Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases

Replaces CrPC 433A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.

The text

Notwithstanding anything contained in section 473, where a sentence of imprisonment for life is imposed on conviction of a person for an offence for which death is one of the punishments provided by law, or where a sentence of death imposed on a person has been commuted under section 474 into one of imprisonment for life, such person shall not be released from prison unless he had served at least fourteen years of imprisonment.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.

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