Constitution of Botswana (current consolidated text)
Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy
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(1) There shall be an Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy which shall consist of— ( a ) the Vice-President or a Minister appointed by the President by instrument in writing under his or her hand; ( b ) the Attorney-General; and ( c ) a person qualified to practise in Botswana as a medical practitioner, appointed by the President by instrument in writing under his or her hand. (2) A member of the Committee appointed under subsection (1)( a ) or ( c ) of this section shall hold his or her seat thereon for such period as may be specified in the instrument by which he or she was appointed: Provided that his or her seat shall become vacant— (i) in the case of a person who, at the date of his or her appointment, was the Vice-President or a Minister, if he or she ceases to be the Vice-President or a Minister; or (ii) if the President, by instrument in writing under his or her hand, so directs. (3) The Committee shall not be summoned except by the authority of the President who shall, as far as is practicable, attend and preside at all meetings of the Committee, and, in the absence of the President, the member of the Committee appointed under subsection (1)( a ) of this section shall preside. (4) The Committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership and its proceedings shall not be invalidated by the presence or participation of any person not entitled to be present at or to participate in those proceedings. (5) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Committee may regulate its own procedure.
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