Indian Penal Code
(IPC)
55A. Definition of “appropriate Government”.
Chapter 3: Of Punishments
Section: 55A
In sections 54 and 55 the expression “appropriate Government” means,— (a) in cases where the sentence is a sentence of death or is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends, the Central Government; and (b) in cases where the sentence (whether of death or not) is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends, the Government of the State within which the offender is sentenced.
