Recording pardon or warrant of commutation

(1) Whenever the Governor-General, in the name and on behalf of the State, is pleased to grant to any offender a pardon under the public seal, or to issue any warrant for the commutation of any sentence of death, the Registrar shall be bound, on the direction of the Governor-General, to record that pardon or that warrant in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, and to indorse the pardon or warrant with the word “Recorded” and with his signature. (2) The pardon or warrant, when so recorded, and indorsed, shall be valid and effectual for all purposes whatever, and it shall be the duty of all courts, judges, officers and others, on production thereof, to take notice thereof and to give effect thereto.