Section 411 - Where a pardon or reprieve is granted

(1) Where the President decides that the sentence should be commuted or that the convict should be otherwise pardoned or reprieved, he shall issue an order, one copy of which shall be sent to the superintendent or other officer in charge of the prison in which the convict is confined, and another copy of which shall be sent to the Sheriff, directing that the execution shall not be carried out.

(2) The recommendation may be that the convict shall be imprisoned or be released, subject in either case to such conditions, if any, as may be specified.

(3) The sheriff and the superintendent or other officer in charge of the prison in which the convict is confined shall comply with and give effect to every order issued under the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section.