Section-6 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: Fractions of terms of punishment – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of IPC-Indian Penal Code
| Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 | Indian Penal Code, 1860 (corresponding section) |
| 6. In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years unless otherwise provided. | 57. Fractions of terms of punishment.—In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, 2[imprisonment] for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to 2[imprisonment] for twenty years. 58. [Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transported.] Rep. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1955 (26 of 1955), s. 117 and the Sch. (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). 59. [Transportation instead of imprisonment.] Rep. by s.117 and the Sch., ibid. (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). |