Section 301
Power to commute punishment
ActIn forceProvision 259 of 459
Section 301
The Ruler of the State, acting in accordance with Article 42 of the Constitution, in which the offence was committed may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute any one of the following sentences for any other mentioned after it:
(a)
death;
(b)
imprisonment;
(c)
fine.