IPC Section 55A: Definition of "appropriate Government"
Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter 3: Punishments
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).
¶1[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 relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends, the Central Government; and
¶(b) in cases where the sentence (whether of death or not) is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends, the Government of the State within which the offender is sentenced.]
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¶1. Subs. by the A. O 1950. Earlier ins by the A. O. 1937.
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No BNS counterpart is listed in the official table. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28) (absent)
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Other sections in this chapter
- 53. Punishment
- 53A. Construction of reference to transportation
- 54. Commutation of sentence of death
- 55. Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life
- 56. Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude
- 57. Fractions of terms of punishment
- 58. Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transported
- 59. Transportation instead of imprisonment
- 60. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
- 61. Sentence of forfeiture of property
- 62. Forfeiture of property, in respect of offenders punishable with death, transportation or imprisonment
- 63. Amount of fine
- 64. Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
- 65. Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable
- 66. Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
- 67. Imprisonment for non-payment of fine when offence punishable with fine only
- 68. Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine
- 69. Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine
- 70. Fine levied within six years, or during imprisonment- Death not to discharge property from liability
- 71. Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
- 72. Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
- 73. Solitary confinement
- 74. Limit of solitary confinement
- 75. Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction