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Under section 6 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, unless otherwise provided, what period is used to…

Section 6 reckons life imprisonment as twenty years solely for calculating fractions of punishment, unless otherwise provided. This calculation rule does not convert every…

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Under section 6 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, unless otherwise provided, what period is used to reckon imprisonment for life when calculating fractions of terms of punishment?

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Section 6 reckons life imprisonment as twenty years solely for calculating fractions of punishment, unless otherwise provided. This calculation rule does not convert every life sentence into a sentence that expires after twenty years.

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Option A

Section 6 does not use ten years for this calculation.

Option B

Fourteen years is not the conversion prescribed for calculating fractions.

Option C

Section 6 uses twenty years, unless otherwise provided.

Option D

Section 6 does not use twenty-five years for this calculation.

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