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According to Section 6 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, unless otherwise provided, imprisonment…

Section 6 BNS provides a twenty-year equivalent when calculating fractions of terms of punishment, unless otherwise provided. The calculation rule does not convert…

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According to Section 6 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, unless otherwise provided, imprisonment for life is reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for how many years when calculating fractions of terms of punishment?

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Section 6 BNS provides a twenty-year equivalent when calculating fractions of terms of punishment, unless otherwise provided. The calculation rule does not convert imprisonment for life into a general fixed twenty-year sentence. Former Section 57 IPC also confined the twenty-year equivalence to calculating fractions; Section 6 BNS expressly adds the qualification “unless otherwise provided”.

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Option A

Section 6 BNS uses twenty years for calculating fractions of terms of punishment, unless otherwise provided. It does not define a universal twenty-year life sentence.

Option B

Section 6 BNS specifies twenty years, unless otherwise provided, for this calculation; it does not specify fourteen years.

Option C

Section 6 BNS specifies twenty years, unless otherwise provided, for this calculation; it does not specify sixteen years.

Option D

Section 6 BNS specifies twenty years, unless otherwise provided, for this calculation; it does not specify twelve years.

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