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15 M.R.S. § 2163 — Conditional pardons by Governor

Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

Part of Chapter 307: Pardons and Commutation of Sentences, Maine Revised Statutes.

Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 2163

Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.

15 M.R.S. § 2163Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
In any case in which the Governor is authorized by the Constitution to grant a pardon, the Governor may, upon petition of the person convicted, grant it upon such conditions and with such restrictions and under such limitations as the Governor considers proper, and the Governor may issue the Governor's warrant to all proper officers to carry the pardon into effect; the warrant must be obeyed and executed instead of the sentence originally awarded.

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