Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka · 2023 Revised Edition · Chapter VII · The Executive
34. Grant of Pardon
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The President may in the case of any offender convicted of any offence in any court within the
Republic of Sri Lanka –
grant a pardon, either free or subject to lawful conditions;
grant any respite, either indefinite for such period as the President may think fit, of the execution of any sentence passed on such offender;
substitute a less severe form of punishment for any punishment imposed on such offender; or
remit the whole or any part of any punishment imposed or of any penalty or forfeiture otherwise due to the Republic on account of such offence:
Provided that where any offender shall have been condemned to suffer death by the sentence of any court, the President shall cause a report to be made to him by the Judge who tried the case and shall forward such report to the Attorney-General with instructions that after the Attorney-General has advised thereon, the report shall be sent together with the Attorney-General’s advice to the
Minister in charge of the subject of Justice, who shall forward the report with his recommendation to the
President.
29 - Repealed by the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 4.
The President may in the case of any person who is or has become subject to any disqualification specified in paragraph (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of Article 89
or sub-paragraph (g) of Paragraph (1) of Article 91 -
grant a pardon, either free or subject to lawful conditions; or
reduce the period of such disqualification.
When any offence has been committed for which the offender may be tried within the Republic of
Sri Lanka, the President may grant a pardon to any accomplice in such offence who shall give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the principal offender or of any one of such principal offenders, if more than one.
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