S.C. Const. art. IV, § 14
With respect to clemency, the Governor shall have the power only to grant reprieves and to commute a sentence of death to that of life imprisonment. The granting of all other clemency shall be regulated and provided for by law.
(1972 (57) 3171; 1973 (58) 48.)
The present provisions of this section are somewhat similar to former Section 11 of Article IV as it existed prior to the 1973 revision. For similar provisions in Constitution of 1868, see Const 1868, Art III, Section 11.