will be communicated by a duly registered, express letter and receipt thereof shall be acknowledged by express letter. Orders commuting death sentences shall be communicated by telegram in all cases and the receipt thereof shall also be acknowledged by telegram. (viii) Petitions for mercy submitted on behalf of a prisoner under sentence of death by his relative or friend shall be dealt with in the manner provided by these rules for dealing with a petition from the prisoner himself. A petitioner on behalf of a condemned prisoner shall be informed of the orders passed in the case. If the petition is signed by more than one person it will be sufficient to inform the first signatory. The prisoner shall also be informed of the fact of the petition having been submitted on his behalf and of the orders passed thereon. (ix) In the event of its coming to knowledge of the Superintendent at any time before the execution of the sentence that altogether exceptional circumstances have arisen which plainly demand a reconsideration of the sentence, he is at liberty, anything in the foregoing rules notwithstanding, to report the circumstances by telegraph to the Provincial Government and ask for its orders and to defer execution till they are received. (x) The Superintendent shall at once repeat back to the Home Secretary to the Provincial Government all telegrams communicating orders to him regarding petitions for mercy, by way of acknowledgement of their receipt. (xi) When acknowledging the orders of the Government and the intimation that the petition has been forwarded for the orders of the President of Pakistan. (xii) On receipt of intimation about the rejection, by the President, of a petition submitted by or on behalf of a condemned prisoner or a prisoner undergoing sentence of imprisonment, the Provincial Government shall inform the Superintendent of the Prison concerned about it. The Superintendent shall make an entry in the relevant register accordingly. (xiii) If, after the rejection of the petition by the President, orders are received from the Provincial Government regarding the commutation of the death sentence of a condemned prisoner or the release of a prisoner before the due date of release, without any indication as to the approval of the President having been obtained in this behalf, the Superintendent shall at once send to the Government a telegram pointing out that the petition of the prisoner had already been rejected by the President and enquiring 41