## IPC 55

### IPC 55 — Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life
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> 55. Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life.-In every case in which sentence of
7[imprisonment] for life shall have been passed, 8[the appropriate Government] may, without the consent

1. Ins. by Act 8 of 1942, s. 2 (w.e.f. 14-2-1942).
2. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for "Secondly.-Transportation" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
3. The words "Thirdly,--Penal servitude;" omitted by Act 17 of 1949, s. 2 (w.e.f. 6-4-1949).
4. Ins. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch. (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
5. Subs. by Act 36 of 1957, s. 3 and the Second Sch., for "1954" (w.e.f. 17-9-1957).
6. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "the Central Government or 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".
7. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for "transportation" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
8. 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".
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of the offender, commute the punishment for imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding
fourteen years.