In every case in which sentence of death shall have been passed, ¹ [the appropriate Government] may, without the consent of the offender, commute the punishment for any other punishment provided by this Code.

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1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "the Central Government or the Provinicial Government of the Province within which the offender shall have been sentenced". The words in italics were Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "the Government of India or the Government of the place".