THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1898
(V OF 1898)
[22nd March, 1898]
An Act to consolidate and amend the law
relating to the Criminal Procedure
402. Power to commute punishment. (1) The Provincial Government may, without the
consent of the person sentenced, commute any one of the following sentences for
any other mentioned after it,--
death, [1][imprisonment for life], rigorous imprisonment for
a term not exceeding that to which he might have been sentenced, simple
imprisonment for a like term, fine.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the
provisions of Section 54 or Section 55 of the Pakistan Penal Code.