7. Functions of the President:
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive authority of the Federation shall be vested in the President
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision—
(a) the supreme command of the Defence Forces of the Federation shall be vested in the President;
(b) the right of pardon and the power to commute or to remit punishment imposed by any court exercising criminal jurisdiction shall be vested in the President, but such power of commutation or remission may also be conferred by law on other authorities.
[Note: The underlined words in sub-clause 2(b) are necessary because of the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code which, in this respect, will probably continue to be in force even after the commencement of the new Constitution. Similar limiting words occur in the Irish Constitution also.]