Section 409: Convict may send request to committee on prerogative of mercy

(1) Where a convict:
(a) has been sentenced to death and has exercised his legal rights of appeal against the conviction and sentence, and the conviction and sentence have not been quashed or the sentence has not been reduced, or has failed to exercise his legal rights of appeal or having filed an application for leave to appeal, or an appellant has failed to perfect or prosecute the application or appeal within the time prescribed by law; or
(b) desires to have his case considered by the Committee on Prerogative of Mercy, he shall forward his request through his legal practitioner or officer in charge of the prison in which he is confined to the Committee on Prerogative of Mercy.
(2) The Committee on Prerogative of Mercy shall consider the re-quest and make their report to the Council of State which shall advice the President.