# Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 (Repealed 1.4.1996), Section 68: Commutation of death sentence to sentence of imprisonment.

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Where His Majesty pardons any person who has been sentenced to death on condition that he serves a term of imprisonment, that person shall be deemed to have been sentenced by the court before which he was convicted to imprisonment for the said term.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/94/section/68 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1949-repealed-141996/section-68
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