PART VIII
PUNISHMENT - IMPRISONMENT

56. Similar punishment for capital offences whether by verdict or confession.

Any person, indicted for any offence made capital by any statute, shall be liable to the same punishment, whether he be convicted by verdict or confession, and this, as well in the case of accessories as of principals.

PART IX
JUDGMENT OF DEATH

66. Execution of prisoner under sentence of death.

Whenever any offender has been convicted, before any Court of criminal jurisdiction, of an offence for which the offender is liable to, and receives, sentence of death, the Court shall order and direct execution to be done on the offender in the manner provided by law.

PART IX
JUDGMENT OF DEATH

67. Judge to report case of any prisoner under sentence of death, and Judge in certain cases may reprieve.

In the case of any prisoner sentenced to the punishment of death, a report of such case shall, without
delay and previously to the sentence being carried into sentence of execution, be made by the judge before whom such prisoner was convicted (or by the Chief Justice, if a report from the judge cannot be obtained) to the Governor-General and, at the time when that report is made, a copy thereof shall be submitted by the judge or, as the case may be, the Chief Justice to the Advisory Committee on the Prorogative of Mercy established by the Constitution ; and if the judge or, as the case may be, the Chief Justice thinks such prisoner ought to be recommended for the exercise of the Royal mercy, or if from the non-decision of any point of law reserved in the case, or from any other causes, it is necessary to delay the execution, he, or any other Judge of the same Court, or who might have held, or sat in, such Court, may, from time to time, either in term, or in vacation, reprieve such offender for such period, or periods, beyond the time fixed for the execution of sentence, as may be necessary for the consideration of the case by the Crown.

CHAPTER II PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
PROTECTION OF RIGHT TO LIFE.
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1. No person shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a crime of treason or murder of which he has been convicted.
2. A person shall not be regarded as having been deprived of his life in contravention of this section if he dies as the result of the use, to such extent and such circumstances as are permitted by law, of such force as is reasonably justifiable-
a. for the defence of any person from violence or for the defence of property;
b. in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained;
c. for the purpose of suppressing a riot, insurrection or mutiny; or
d. in order lawfully to prevent the commission by that person of a criminal offence,
or if he dies as the result of a lawful act of war.

CHAPTER V EXECUTIVE POWERS
PART 1 GENERAL
FUNCTIONS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
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1. Where an offender has been sentenced to death by any court for an offence against any law, the Minister shall cause a written report of the case from the trial judge (or the Chief Justice, if a report from the trial judge cannot be obtained) together with such other information derived from the record of the case or elsewhere as the Minister may require, to be taken into consideration at a meeting of the Advisory Committee.