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Section 57

Fractions of Terms of Punishment.

The Indian Penal Code, 1860
In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, 1 [imprisonment] for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to57 [imprisonment] for twenty years.


1. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for "transportation" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).