57.Fractions of terms of punishment

III Of PunishmentsVerified

In calculating of of , imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years.

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[Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude. Proviso as to sentence for term exceeding ten years but not for life.] Rep. by the Criminal Law (Removal of Racial Discriminations) Act,1949 (17 of 1949) (w. e. f. 6-4-1949)

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[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)