(1)Where a person has been sentenced to punishment for an offence, the President, acting in accordance with the Constitution, may grant a pardon, reprieve or respite, on such conditions as the President thinks fit, of the execution of the sentence, or remit the whole or any part of the sentence or any penalty or forfeiture imposed by law.
Section history
Section 333 — Power to pardon, suspend or remit sentence, etc.
As in force on 28 March 2013.
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- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 28 March 2013 You are here
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 17 August 2026 Latest
(2)Where an application is made to the President for any of the reliefs mentioned in subsection (1), the President —
(a)in the case of a sentence of death, shall act in accordance with Article 22P(2) of the Constitution; or
(b)may in any other case, require the presiding judge of the court before or by which the person is convicted to state his opinion as to whether the application should be granted or refused, and the judge shall state his opinion accordingly.
(3)If any condition on which a sentence has been suspended or remitted is, in the opinion of the President, not fulfilled, the President may cancel the suspension or remission, and upon such cancellation, the person in whose favour the sentence has been suspended or remitted may, if at large, be arrested by a police officer without warrant and remanded to undergo the unexpired portion of the sentence.
(4)Subsection (3) does not apply to a sentence of death.