IPC 55A: Section 55A of the Indian Penal Code

December 15, 2014

Definition of “appropriate Government”

In sections 54 and 55 the expression “appropriate Government” means,—

1. 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
2. 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.