CrPC § 433 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 433 CrPC — Power to commute sentence
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 474 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 474 — 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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 474 in full