(1) Where any woman convicted of an offence punishable with death alleges or it appears to the Court that she is pregnant the Court shall, before sentence is passed upon her, direct any 2 or more registered medical practitioners to be sworn to examine the woman in some private place either together or separately and report to the Court whether or not the woman is pregnant.
(2) If upon the report of any of the medical practitioners the Court is satisfied that the woman is pregnant, she shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life instead of death.
(3) Any woman who is under sentence of death may move the Court in arrest of execution on the ground that she is pregnant and the Court shall direct an inquiry and report as in this section provided and shall, if it finds that the woman is pregnant, arrest execution until she is delivered of the child or until it is no longer possible in the course of nature that she should be so delivered, and the Court shall direct the finding to be recorded and shall immediately report the finding to the Governor General.