IPC Section 227: Violation of condition of remission of punishment

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter 11: False Evidence and Offences against Public Justice

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).

Whoever, having accepted any conditional remission of punishment, knowingly violates any condition on which such remission was granted, shall be punished with the punishment to which he was originally sentenced, if he has already suffered no part of that punishment, and if he has suffered any part of that punishment, then with so much of that punishment as he has not already suffered.

CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE

Punishment-Punishment of original sentence, or if part of the punishment has been undergone, the residue-Cognizable-Non-bailable-Triable by the court by which the original offence was triable-Non-compoundable.

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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