If a person is sentenced to death or life imprisonment and special pardon is issued forfeiting all or part of the penalty or replacing it by a milder penalty, he shall by force of the law and for a period of (5) five years be subject to the probation restrictions stipulated in Clauses (1, 2 and 4) of the preceding Article, unless the pardon decision stipulates otherwise.
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