128 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
160 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may by law regulate any matter relating to or connected with the election of a President or Vice-President.
Power of President to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases.
Extent of executive power of the Union.
(1) The President shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence—
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive power of the Union shall extend—
(a) to the matters with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws; and
(b) to the exercise of such rights, authority and jurisdiction as are exercisable by the Government of India by virtue of any treaty or agreement:
*The Committee is of opinion that the President should have power to suspend, remit or commute a death sentence passed in any State, without prejudice to the powers of the Governor or Ruler.
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(a) in all cases where the punishment or sentence is by a Court Martial; 10
(b) in all cases where the punishment or sentence is for an offence under any law relating to a matter with respect to which Parliament has, and the Legislature of the State in which the offence is committed has not, power to make laws;
*(c) in all cases where the sentence is a sentence of death.
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(2) Nothing in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of this article shall affect the power conferred by law on any 20 officer of the Armed Forces of India to suspend, remit or commute a sentence passed by a Court Martial.
(3) Nothing in sub-clause (c) of clause (1) of this article shall affect the power to suspend, remit or 25 commute a sentence of death exercisable by the Governor or the Ruler of the State under any law for the time being in force.