Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 476: Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences

Chapter XXXIV — Execution, Suspension, Remission and Commutation of Sentences

476. The powers conferred by sections 473 and 474 upon the State Government may, in the case of sentences of death, also be exercised by the Central Government.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).