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.