474. Power to commute sentence.

The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute—

1. a sentence of death, for any other punishment provided by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023;
2. a sentence of imprisonment for life, for imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or for fine;
3. a sentence of rigorous imprisonment, for simple imprisonment for any term to which that person might have been sentenced, or for fine;
4. a sentence of simple imprisonment, for fine.