BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA - BNSS

CHAPTER XXXIV - EXECUTION , SUSPENSION , REMISSION AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES

E.— Suspension, remission and commutation of sentences. Section 474 of BNSS

The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute—

1. a sentence of death, for imprisonment for life;
2. a sentence of imprisonment for life, for imprisonment for a term not less than seven years;
3. a sentence of imprisonment for seven years or more, for imprisonment for a term not less than three years;
4. a sentence of imprisonment for less than seven years, for fine;
5. a sentence of rigorous imprisonment, for simple imprisonment for any term to which that person might have been sentenced.