(c) (d) Honours and awards 83 substitute a less severe form of punishment for any punishment imposed on any person for any offence; remit the whole or any part of any punishment imposed on any person for such an offence or any penalty otherwise due to the State on account of any offence. (2) There shall be a Committee on the exercise of the prerogative of mercy consisting of the Attorney General and three other persons appointed by the president subject to confirmation by the National Assembly. (1) The President may, after consulting the Committee established by subsection (2), confer honours and awards, including honorary honours and awards to friends of The Gambia . The shall be a Committee to advise the President on the exercise of his or her powers under this section which shall consist of not more than five, and not less than three, persons appointed by the National Assembly. (2) PART 4: PROSECUTIONS Director of public 84 Prosecution (1) There shall be a Director of Public Prosecutions whose office shall be an office in the public service. (2) The Director of Public Prosecutions shall be appointed by the President. A person shall not be qualified to hold or act in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions unless he or she is qualified for appointment as a judge of the High Court. Subject to the provisions of this section, a person holding the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions shall vacate his or her office when he or she attains the compulsory retirement age. A person holding the office of Director of Public Prosecutions may be removed from office only for inability (whether by reason of infirmity of mind or body or any other cause) to perform the functions of his or her office, or for misbehaviour or incompetence. (3) (4) (5) Control of prosecutions 85 (1) The Director of Public Prosecutions shall have