except a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
(5) That section 6 of Article IV be amended to read:
§ 6. Disqualification for offices of Governor[, Lieutenant
Governor] and Attorney General.
No member of Congress or person holding any office (except of
attorney-at-law or in the National Guard or in a reserve
component of the armed forces of the United States) under the
United States or this Commonwealth shall exercise the office of
Governor[, Lieutenant Governor] or Attorney General.
(6) That section 9 of Article IV be amended to read:
§ 9. Pardoning power; Board of Pardons.
(a) In all criminal cases except impeachment the Governor
shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, to grant
reprieves, commutation of sentences and pardons; but no pardon
shall be granted, nor sentence commuted, except on the
recommendation in writing of a majority of the Board of Pardons,
and, in the case of a sentence of death or life imprisonment, on
the unanimous recommendation in writing of the Board of Pardons,
after full hearing in open session, upon due public notice. The
recommendation, with the reasons therefor at length, shall be
delivered to the Governor and a copy thereof shall be kept on
file in the office of the [Lieutenant] Governor in a docket kept
for that purpose.
(b) The Board of Pardons shall consist of the [Lieutenant
Governor] Attorney General who shall be chairman[, the Attorney
General and three] and four members appointed by the Governor
with the consent of a majority of the members elected to the
Senate for terms of six years. The [three] members appointed by
the Governor shall be residents of Pennsylvania. One shall be a
crime victim, one a corrections expert [and the third], one a
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