71.—(1) The Governor, acting after consultation with the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, may in Her Majesty’s name and on Her Majesty’s behalf—
(a)grant to any person concerned in or convicted of an offence a pardon, either free or subject to lawful conditions;
(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 any offence;
(c)substitute a less severe form of punishment for that imposed by any sentence for any offence; or
(d)remit the whole or any part of any punishment imposed on any person for any offence or any penalty or forfeiture otherwise due to Her Majesty on account of such an offence.
(2) This section shall not apply in relation to any conviction by a court-martial established under any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, any punishment imposed in respect of any such conviction or any penalty or forfeiture due under any such Act.