Indian Penal Code : Definition of "appropriate Government". Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Penal Code,1860

Act No : 45

Section : Definition of "appropriate Government".

6*[55A. Definition of "appropriate Government".--In sectionsfifty-four and fifty-five 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.]