Pardon
- Article
- 276
- Title
- Pardon
- Category
- other
- Description
Article 276 empowers the President to grant pardons, suspend, commute, or remit sentences passed by any court, judicial, quasi-judicial body, or administrative authority.
Practice questions
Article 276 of the Constitution provides the power to grant pardons for sentences passed by which of the following entities?
If a quasi-judicial body passes a sentence, under which Article of the Constitution can the President exercise the power to remit that sentence?
Which of the following actions is the President authorized to perform regarding a sentence under Article 276?
Which official is vested with the power to grant a pardon under Article 276 of the Constitution?
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