Section 63: Prerogative of Mercy.

(1) The President may, acting in accordance with the advice of a Committee appointed by the Cabinet over which the Vice-President shall preside— a. grant any person convicted of any offence against the laws of Sierra Leone a pardon, either free or subject to lawful conditions; b. grant to any person a respite, either indefinite or for a specified period, of the execution of any punishment imposed on that person for such an offence; c. substitute a less severe form of punishment for any punishment imposed on any person for such an offence; d. remit the whole or any part of any punishment imposed upon any person for such an offence or any penalty or forfeiture otherwise due to the Government on account of such an offence. (2) Where any person has been sentenced to death by any Court for any offence, the Committee appointed under subsection (1) shall cause a written report of the case from the trial judge together with such other information, including a medical report on the prisoner, derived from the record of the case or elsewhere, as the Committee may require, to be submitted to it as soon as possible. Establishment of office 64. (1) There shall be an Attorney-General and Minister of Justice who shall be the principal legal adviser to the of Attorney- General and Minister of Justice. Government and a Minister. (2) The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice shall be appointed by the President from among persons qualified to hold office as a Justice of the Supreme Court and shall have a seat in the Cabinet. (3) All offences prosecuted in the name of the Republic of Sierra Leone shall be at the suit of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice or some other person authorised by him in accordance with any law governing the same. (4) The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice shall have audience in all Courts in Sierra Leone except local courts.