If a woman sentenced to death is found to be pregnant, the High Court shall 1[***] commute the sentence
to imprisonment for life.
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1. Omitted vide Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2008 to be effective from 31.12.2009 vide Notification No. S.O. 3313(E) dated 30.12.2009 Previous text was :-
"order the execution of the sentence to be postponed"