The Act Pardons: supplementary
24.Section 4(a) and (b) provides that section 1 does not affect any conviction or sentence or give rise to any right, entitlement or liability. For example, a pardon does not create any right to financial compensation and it does not reverse any decision made by the judiciary at the time.
25.As set out in section 4(c), nothing in section 1 affects the prerogative of mercy – that is, the common law power of the Crown to issue a pardon, commute a sentence or quash a conviction.