Indian Penal Code, 1860
46 [55A. Definition of "appropriate
Government"
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.]