25. Staff  26. Class-child ratio  (2) A person shall not be qualified to be appointed to the Office of Director of Public  Prosecutions unless he or she is qualified to be appointed to th e Office of a Judge of the High  Court.  (3) The Director of Public Prosecutions shall have power in any case in which he or she  considers it desirable to do so -  (4) The powers of the Director of Public Prosecutions under subsection (3) may be  exercised by him or her in person or by officers subordinate to him or her acting in accordance  with his or her general or special authority. (5) For the purposes of this section any appeal from any judgment in any criminal  proceedings before any court, or a ny case stated or question of law reserved for the purpose of  any such proceedings, to any other court shall be deemed to be part of those proceedings: Provided that the power conferred on the Director of Public Prosecutions by subsection  (3)( c ) of this section shall not be exercised in relation to any appeal by a person convicted in any  criminal proceedings or to any case stated or question of law reserved at the instance of such  person.  (6) In the exercise of the functions vested in him or her by subsection (3) of this section the  Director of Public Prosecutions shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person  or authority:  Provided that-  Where any Minister has been charged with responsibility for  any department of  Government, he or she shall exercise general direction and control over that department and,  subject to such direction and control, the department shall be under the supervision of a  Permanent Secretary whose office shall be a public offi ce.  The President may-  54.  Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy  53.  Prerogative of Mercy 52.  Permanent Secretaries ( a )  where any other person o r authority has instituted criminal proceedings, nothing in this  subsection shall prevent the withdrawal of those proceedings by or at the instance of that  person or authority, and with the leave of the court; and ( b )  before exercising his or her powers i n relation to cases considered by the  Attorney-General to be of national importance, the Director of Public Prosecutions shall  consult the Attorney -General.  ( a )  grant to any person convicted of any offence a pardon, either free or subject to lawful  conditions;  ( b )  grant to any person a respite, either indefinite or for a specified period, of the ex ecution of  any punishment imposed on that person for any offence; ( c )  substitute a less severe form of punishment for any punishment imposed on any person  for any offence; and ( d )  remit the whole or part of any punishment imposed on any person for any of fence or of  any penalty or forfeiture otherwise due to the Government on account of any offence. Copyright Government of Botswana ( a )  to institute and undertake criminal proceedings against any person before any court  (otherthan a court martial) in respect of any offence alleged to have been committed by  that person;  ( b )  to take over and continue any such criminal proceedings that have been instituted or  undertaken by any other person or authority; and ( c )  to discontinue, at any stage before judgment is delivered, any such criminal proceedings  instituted or undertaken by himself or herself or any other person or authority.