## IPC 55A

### IPC 55A — Definition of "appropriate Government
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/55A

> 1[55A. Definition of "appropriate Government".-In sections fifty-four and fifty-five the
expression "appropriate Government" means,-
(a) in cases where the sentence is a sentence of death or is for an offence against any law relating
to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends, the Central Government; and
(b) in cases where the sentence (whether of death or not) is for an offence against any law relating
to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends, the Government of the State within
which the offender is sentenced.]
56. [Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude. Proviso as to sentence for term
exceeding ten years but not for life.] Rep. by the Criminal Law (Removal of Racial Discriminations) Act,
1949 (17 of 1949) (w. e. f. 6-4-1949).