The President may, under section 27 of the Constitution, exercise the prerogative of mercy. Explain the circumstances under which the President may exercise the prerogative of mercy.

      

The President may, under section 27 of the Constitution, exercise the prerogative of
mercy. Explain the circumstances under which the President may exercise the
prerogative of mercy.

  

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Maurice
(i) Grant pardon either free or subject to lawful conditions a person convicted of an
offence.

(ii) Grant to a person a respite either indefinite or for a specified period of the execution of a punishment imposed on that person.

(iii) Substitute a less severe term of punishment for a punishment imposed on a person
for an offence.

(iv) Remit the whole or part of a punishment imposed on a person for an offence or of a penalty or forfeiture.

(v) Remove in whole or in part the non-qualification or the disqualification of a person arising out of or in consequence of the report of an election court.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on April 28, 2018 at 08:03


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