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IPC Section 55A - Definition of "appropriate Government "
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 55A deals with definition of "appropriate government ".
Full official legal text
55A. Definition of "appropriate Government ". In sections fifty -four and fifty -five the
expression "appropriate Government" means,--
(a) in cases where the sentence is a sentence of death or is for an offence against any law relating
to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends, the Central Government; and
(b) in cases where the sentence (whether of death or not) is for an offence against any law relating
to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends, the Government of the State within
which the offender is sentenced.]
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