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Part VI · The States

161Power of Governor to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases

Article 161 · Part VI · The Governor

The Governor of a State shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the State extends.

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