Article 73 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK ONE · TITLE THREE. Application of Sanctions · CHAPTER VI. Substitution and commutation of sanctions
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
The Executive, in the case of political offenses, may make the commutation of sanctions, after they are imposed in an irrevocable judgment, in accordance with the following rules:
I.- When the sanction imposed is that of imprisonment, it shall be commuted to confinement for a term equal to that of two thirds of that which the imprisonment was to last, and
II.- If it is that of confinement, it shall be commuted to a fine, at the rate of one day of the former for one day of fine.