## IPC 57

### IPC 57 — Fractions of terms of punishment
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/57

> 57. Fractions of terms of punishment.-In calculating fractions of terms of punishment,
2[imprisonment] for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to 2[imprisonment] for twenty years.
58. [Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transported.] Rep. by the Code of
Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1955 (26 of 1955), s. 117 and the Sch. (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
59. [Transportation instead of imprisonment.] Rep. by s.117 and the Sch., ibid. (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).