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

1. a sentence of death, for any other punishment provided by the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860);
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, or fine.