Power of mercy

112 Power of mercy (1) The President, after consultation with the Cabinet, may exercise the power of mercy, that is to say, may— (a) grant a pardon to any person concerned in or convicted of an offence against any law; (b) grant a respite from the execution of a sentence for any offence for an indefinite or specified period; (c) substitute a less severe punishment for that imposed for any offence; or (d) suspend for a specified period or remit the whole or part of a sentence for any offence or any forfeiture imposed in respect of any offence; and may impose conditions on any such pardon, respite, substitution or suspension. (2) Where a person who is resident in Zimbabwe has been convicted in another country of an offence against a law in force in that country, the President may declare that the conviction is not to be regarded as a conviction for the purposes of this Constitution or any other law in force in Zimbabwe. (3) The grant of a pardon or respite from execution of sentence or the substitution or suspension of a sentence must be published in the Gazefte.