Section 53AConstruction of reference to transportation

s. 53A

53A. Construction of reference to transportation [(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), any reference to “transportation for life” in any other law for the time being in force shall be construed as a reference to “imprisonment for life”. (2) Any reference to transportation for a term or to transportation for a shorter term (by whatever named called) in any other law for the time being in force shall be deemed to have been omitted. (3) Any reference to “transportation” in any other law for the time being in force shall (a) if the expression means transportation for life, be construed as a reference to imprisonment for life; (b) if the expression means transportation for any shorter term, be deemed to have been omitted.]

1. 17. Section 53A was inserted by section 3 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. XLI of 1985)