Section 474. Power to commute sentence

BNSS · EXECUTION, SUSPENSION, REMISSION AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES

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.