Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
BNSS 474 was CrPC 433.
Power to commute sentence. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.
Modified
65% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXII
s. 433
Power to commute sentence
The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute—
(a) a sentence of death, for any other punishment provided by the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860);
(b) a sentence of imprisonment for life, for imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or for fine;
(c) a sentence of rigorous imprisonment, for simple imprisonment for any term to which that person might have been sentenced, or for fine;
(d) a sentence of simple imprisonment, for fine.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXIV
s. 474(c)of section 474
Power to commute sentence.
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.
Text from India Code