BNSS Chapter XXXIV: Execution, Suspension, Remission and Commutation of Sentences

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Sections 453–477). Each links to its verbatim text.

• BNSS453 Execution of order passed under section 409
• BNSS454 Execution of sentence of death passed by High Court
• BNSS455 Postponement of execution of sentence of death in case of appeal to Supreme Court
• BNSS456 Commutation of sentence of death on pregnant woman
• BNSS457 Power to appoint place of imprisonment
• BNSS458 Execution of sentence of imprisonment
• BNSS459 Direction of warrant for execution
• BNSS460 Warrant with whom to be lodged
• BNSS461 Warrant for levy of fine
• BNSS462 Effect of such warrant
• BNSS463 Warrant for levy of fine issued by a Court in any territory to which this Sanhita does not extend
• BNSS464 Suspension of execution of sentence of imprisonment
• BNSS465 Who may issue warrant
• BNSS466 Sentence on escaped convict when to take effect
• BNSS467 Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence
• BNSS468 Period of detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment
• BNSS469 Saving
• BNSS470 Return of warrant on execution of sentence
• BNSS471 Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine
• BNSS472 Mercy petition in death sentence cases
• BNSS473 Power to suspend or remit sentences
• BNSS474 Power to commute sentence
• BNSS475 Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases
• BNSS476 Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences
• BNSS477 State Government to act after concurrence with Central Government in certain cases