{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bahamas-independence-order-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-90",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bahamas-independence-order-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-90.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1973/1080",
  "legislation_title": "The Bahamas Independence Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bahamas-independence-order-1973",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/90",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "90",
  "heading": "Powers of pardon, etc",
  "text": "(1) The Governor-General may, in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf—\n(a) grant to any person convicted of any offence against the law of The Bahamas a pardon, either free or subject to lawful conditions;\n(b) grant to any person a respite, either indefinite or for a specified period, from the execution of any punishment imposed on that person for such an offence;\n(c) substitute a less severe form of punishment for that imposed by any sentence for such an offence; or\n(d) remit the whole or any part of any sentence passed for such an offence or any penalty or forfeiture otherwise due to Her Majesty on account of such an offence.\n(2) The powers of the Governor-General under paragraph (1) of this Article shall be exercised by him in accordance with the advice of a Minister designated by him, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1080/schedule/1/paragraph/90",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:06:14.990816+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}