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The Penal Code, 1860

Section 57Fractions of terms of punishment

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Chapter III OF PUNISHMENTS

s. 57

57. Fractions of terms of punishment In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, [imprisonment] for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to [rigorous imprisonment for thirty years].

  1. 24. The word “imprisonment” was substituted, for the word “transportation” by section 4 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. XLI of 1985)
  2. 25. The words “rigorous imprisonment for thirty years” were substituted, for the words “transportation for twenty years” by section 5 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. XLI of 1985)

End of s. 57.

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