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Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 57

The text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 is not held here: India Code has no complete official copy of it. The section that replaced it is below.

Source: IndiaCode Portal, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Check against the official text before relying on it.

Replaced by

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 6. Fractions of terms of punishment.
In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years unless otherwise provided.

Pair from: BPR&D correspondence tables (bprd.mha.gov.in; A. K. Yadav, CAPT Bhopal)