Section 402: Power to commute punishment
The Code of Criminal Procedure · Code of Criminal Procedure · Chapter XXIX · in_force
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[(1)] The [* * *] [Provincial Government] may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute any one of the following sentences for any other mentioned after it: death, [imprisonment for life] [* *], rigorous imprisonment for a term not exceeding that to which he might have been sentenced, simple imprisonment for a like term, fine. [(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of section 54 or section 55 of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860).]
Effective date: 1898-07-01
Related sections
Section 401: Power to suspend or remit sentencesSection 402A: Sentences of deathSection 352: Courts to be openSection 402B: Certain restrictions on the exercise of powers by Provincial GovernmentSection 351: Detention of offenders attending CourtSection 402C: Remission or commutation of certain sentences not to be without consent
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