CrPC Section 433: Power to commute sentence

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 32: Execution, Suspension, Remission and commutation of sentences

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

433. Power to commute sentence.- The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced commute


(a) a sentence of death, for any other punishment provided by the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860);

(b) a sentence of imprisonment for life, for imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or for fine;

(c) a sentence of rigorous imprisonment for simple imprisonment for any term to which that person might have been sentenced, or for fine;

(d) a sentence of simple imprisonment, for fine.

Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.

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