The constitution and laws of Barbados
Prerogative of mercy
78. 1. The Governor General may, in Her Majesty's name and on Her
Majesty's behalf -
a. grant to any person convicted of any offense against the law of Barbados a
pardon, either free or subject to lawful conditions;
b. grant to any person a respite, either indefinite or for a specified period,
from the execution of any punishment imposed on that person for such an
offense;
c. substitute a less severe from of punishment for that imposed on any person
fur such an offense; or
d. remit the whole or part of any punishment imposed on any person fur such an
offense or any penalty or forfeiture otherwise due to the Crown on account of
such an offense.
2. The Governor General shall, in the exercise of the powers conferred on him
by subsection (1) or of any power conferred on him by any other law to remit
any penalty or forfeiture due to any person other than the Crown, act in
accordance with the advice of the Privy Council.
3. Where any person has been sentenced to death for an offense against the law
of Barbados, the Governor General shall cause a written report of the case from
the trial judge, together with such other information derived from the record
of the case or elsewhere as the Governor General may require, to be forwarded
to the Privy Council so that the Privy Council may advise him on the exercise
of the powers conferred in him by subsection (1) in relation to that person.
4. The power of requiring information conferred upon the Governor General by
subsection (3) shall be exercised by him on the recommendation of the Privy
Council or, in any case in which in his judgment the matter is too urgent to
admit of such recommendation being obtained by the time within which it may be
necessary for him to act, in his discretion.
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