Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 475

BNSS 475: earlier CrPC 433A

Section 475 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 433A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 475 deals with restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 475 was CrPC 433A.

Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases.

Carried over
97% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXII
s. 433A
Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 432, where a sentence of imprisonment for life is imposed on conviction of a person for an offence for which death is one of the punishments provided by law, or where a sentence of death imposed on a person has been commuted under section 433 into one of imprisonment for life, such person shall not be released from prison unless he had served at least fourteen years of imprisonment.]
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXIV
s. 475
Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases.
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 473, where a sentence of imprisonment for life is imposed on conviction of a person for an offence for which death is one of the punishments provided by law, or where a sentence of death imposed on a person has been commuted under section 474 into one of imprisonment for life, such person shall not be released from prison unless he had served at least fourteen years of imprisonment.
Text from India Code

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