Indian Penal Code 1860 :
Chapter III :
Of Punishments :
Section 53A :
1.[Construction of reference to transportation :
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3), any reference to transportation for life in any other law for the time being in force or in any instrument or order having effect by virtue ofany such law or ofany enactment repealed shall be construed as a reference to imprisonment for life.
(2) In every case in which a sentence oftransportation for a term has been passed before the commencement of the Code ofCriminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2.[1955 (26 of1955)], the offender shall be dealt with in the same manner as ifsentenced to rigorous imprisonment for the same term.
(3) Any reference to transportation for a term or to transportation for any shorter term (by whatever name called) in any other law for the time being in force shall be deemed to have been omitted.
(4) Any reference to transportation in any other law for the time being in force shall,-
(a) ifthe expression means transportation for life, be construed as a reference to imprisonment for life;
(b) ifthe expression means transportation for any shorter term, be deemed to have been omitted.]
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1. Ins. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch. (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
2. Subs. by Act 36 of 1957, s. 3 and the Second Sch., for "1954".
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