text: (a) 
  
  grant to any person convicted of any offence a pardon, either free or subject to 
  lawful conditions; 
  grant to any person a respite, either indefinite or for a specified period, of the 
  execution of any punishment imposed on that person for any offence; 
  substitute a less severe form of punishment for any punishment imposed on 
  any person for any offence; and 
  remit the whole or part of any punishment imposed on any person for any 
  offence or of any penalty or forfeiture otherwise due to the Government on 
  account of any offence. 
  
  (b) 
  
  (c) 
  
  (d) 
  
  **54. Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy**
  
  (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; 
  the Attorney-General; and 
  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: 