Article 179 — Ordinary Mitigation.

In all cases where the law provides that the Court mitigate the penalty under this Article, it shall, if it deems the mitigation justified, pronounce: (a) instead of capital punishment, rigorous imprisonment from twenty years to life; (b) instead of rigorous imprisonment for life, rigorous imprisonment from ten to twenty years; (c) instead of rigorous imprisonment for a specified minimum period, rigorous imprisonment for not less than the general minimum period of one year; (d) instead of rigorous imprisonment of at least one year, simple imprisonment from six months to five years; (e) instead of simple imprisonment for a specified minimum period laid down in the Special Part of this Code, simple imprisonment for not less than the general minimum period of ten days; (f) instead of simple imprisonment for not less than the general minimum period of ten days, compulsory labour or a fine.