ধারা ৪০২Power to commute punishment

402.(1) The Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute any one of the following sentences for any other mentioned after it:-

death, transportation, rigorous imprisonment for a term not exceeding that to which he might have been sentenced, simple imprisonment for a like term, fine.

(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of section 54 or section 55 of the Penal Code.