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Section 416 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
416.Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman.-
If a woman sentenced to death is found to be pregnant, the High Court shall order the execution of the sentence to be postponed, and may, if it thinks fit, commute the sentence to imprisonment for life.
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