Appropriate Government definition in Indian Penal Code, 1860

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Appropriate Government definition in Indian Penal Code

[See: Section 55A IPC]

 ‘Appropriate Government’.—

In relation to 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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