the draft constitution of the commonwealth of grenada

43. The Prime Minister shall keep the President fully
informed about the general conduct of government and furnish him
or her with such particular information as he or she may request.
Powers of Office of
President in the event
of a coup d’état
The prerogative
of mercy
44.(1) If, at any time, the duly elected constitutional
government of the Commonwealth is displaced by unconstitutional
means, is incapacitated or otherwise unable to perform its
functions, and the life of the Nation is put in clear and present
danger, the President may declare a state of emergency, and
assume all legislative and executive authority, or do whatever the
President considers necessary to preserve and protect the Nation,
pending the reconstitution of a duly elected government.
(2) The President shall, as circumstances permit,
publish in the Commonwealth Gazette any such Proclamation of
Emergency.
45.(1) The President, as Head of State, in the exercise of
the Prerogative of Mercy, may
(a) grant a pardon, either free or subject to
lawful conditions to a person convicted of an
offence;
(b) grant to a person a respite, either indefinite
or for a specific period, from the execution
of a punishment imposed on that person for
an offence;
(c) substitute a less severe form of punishment
for a punishment imposed on a person for an
offence; or
(d) remit the whole or a part of a punishment
imposed on a person for any offence, or a
penalty or forfeiture otherwise due to the
State on account of an offence.
(2) The powers of the President under subsection (1)
shall be exercised in accordance with the advice of an Advisory
Committee as may for that purpose be designated by the President,
acting in consultation with the Prime Minister and the Leader of
the Opposition.
(3) When any person has been sentenced to death for an
offence, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the time
being designated by the President shall cause a written report of the
case from the trial judge (or, if a report cannot be obtained from
that judge, a report of the case from the Chief Justice), together
with such other information derived from the record of the case or
elsewhere as he or she may require, to be taken into consideration
at a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of
Mercy; and, after obtaining the advice of the Committee, the
President shall decide in his or her deliberate judgment whether to
accept the advice of the Committee and exercise the powers of
office under this Section of this Constitution. The Advisory
Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy shall consist of:
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