Collection search - ROYAL PREROGATIVE OF MERCY FUNCTIONS OF THE CRIMINAL LAW SECTION IN THE EXERCISE OF THE PREROGATIVE OF MERCY. POSITION OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN THE EXERCISE OF THE PREROGATIVE OF MERCY UNDER HIS AUTHORITY AS DESCRIBED IN S656 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE & IN THE LETTERS PATENT OF OCT. 1, 1947 CONSTITUTING THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL. STATISTICS CONCERNING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT & COMMUTATION OF THE DEATH SENTENCE & PROCEDURE IN THESE TYPES OF CASES. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL CODE SC1960-61, C44, S206, S642, S643, S644, S653, S656