In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, 1 [imprisonment] for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to57 [imprisonment] for twenty years
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1. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for "transportation" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
Section 53 of Indian Penal Code - What are the punishments under IPC
Section 53A Construction of reference to transportation
Section 54 of Indian Penal Code - What is Commutation of Death Sentence?
Section 55A Definition of appropriate Government
Section 57 Fractions of terms of punishment
Section 60 Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous of simple