Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 475
Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases
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BNSS Section 475 deals with restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases and replaces CrPC 433A.
Bare act text — BNSS 475
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.
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What was BNSS Section 475 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 475 (Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases) replaces Section 433A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 433A is now BNSS 475.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 470 — Return of warrant on execution of sentence
- BNSS 471 — Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine
- BNSS 472 — Mercy petition in death sentence cases
- BNSS 473 — Power to suspend or remit sentences
- BNSS 474 — Power to commute sentence
- BNSS 476 — Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences
- BNSS 477 — State Government to act after concurrence with Central Government in certain cases
- BNSS 478 — In what cases bail to be taken
- BNSS 479 — Maximum period for which under-trial prisoner can be detained
- BNSS 480 — When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence