section 55 indian penal code

INDIAN PENAL CODE

Section 55: Commutation Of Sentence Of Imprisonment For Life

55: Commutation Of Sentence Of Imprisonment For Life::--In every case in which sentence of imprisonment¹ for life shall have been passed, the appropriate Government² may, without the consent of the offender, commute the punishment for imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

 1. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, sec. 117 and Sch., for “transporta­tion” (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).

2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “the Provincial Government of the Province within which the offender shall have been sentenced”. The words in italics were subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “the Gov­ernment of India or the Government of the place”.