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Section4IPC · 53

Punishments

The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this Sanhita are:

  • (a) Death;

  • (b) Imprisonment for life, that is to say, imprisonment for remainder of a person’s natural life;

  • (c) Imprisonment, which is of two descriptions, namely:

(1) Rigorous, that is, with hard labour;

(2) Simple;

(d) Forfeiture of property;

(e) Fine;

(f) Community Service.

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II

Chapter II

Of Punishments

In this chapter

  • 4Punishments
  • 5Commutation of sentence
  • 6Fractions of terms of punishment
  • 7Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
  • 8Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc
  • 9Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
  • 10Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
  • 11Solitary confinement
  • 12Limit of solitary confinement
  • 13Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction
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