REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection formerly was Art. 41, § 4-501(8).
No changes are made.

(C) COMMISSIONER

"COMMISSIONER" MEANS A MEMBER OF THE MARYLAND PAROLE COMMISSION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language added to avoid repetition of
the phrase "a member of the Maryland Parole Commission".

(D) COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE.

"COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE" MEANS AN ACT OF CLEMENCY IN WHICH THE
GOVERNOR, BY ORDER, SUBSTITUTES A LESSER PENALTY FOR THE GRANTEE'S
OFFENSE FOR THE PENALTY IMPOSED BY THE COURT IN WHICH THE GRANTEE WAS
CONVICTED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived without
substantive change from the first and last clauses of the first sentence of
former Art. 41, § 4-501(4).

The reference to an act of clemency by the "Governor" is added to state
expressly that which was only implied in the former law.

(E) CONDITIONAL COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE.

"CONDITIONAL COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE" MEANS A COMMUTATION OF
SENTENCE THAT IS DEPENDENT ON COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
OR SUBSEQUENT THAT THE GOVERNOR SPECIFIES IN THE WRITTEN ORDER
GRANTING THE COMMUTATION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived without
substantive change from the second sentence of former Art. 41, § 4-501(4).

The former phrase "[a] commutation may be absolute or made to depend
for its effectiveness" is deleted as implicit in the definitions of
"commutation of sentence" and "conditional commutation of sentence". See
subsection (d) of this section for the definition of "commutation of
sentence".

Defined term: "Commutation of sentence" § 7-101

(F) CONDITIONAL PARDON.

"CONDITIONAL PARDON" MEANS A PARDON THAT IS DEPENDENT ON
COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT OR SUBSEQUENT THAT THE
GOVERNOR SPECIFIES IN THE WRITTEN ORDER GRANTING THE PARDON.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived without
substantive change from the first sentence of former Art. 41, § 4-501(3).

The reference to a pardon "that" is dependent on compliance with
conditions is substituted for the former reference to a pardon "the legal