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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Book Three : Introduction and Application of the Code

Title Eight : Pardons, Amnesties, Re-opening of Cases

Art. 384

1. The Federal Assembly may grant an amnesty in criminal matters governed by this Code or any other federal act.

2. An amnesty excludes the prosecution of specific offences or categories of offender and grants the remission of related sentences.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 17
Issues of admissibility
1. Having regard to paragraph 10 of the Preamble and article 1, the Court shall determine that a case is inadmissible where:
(b) The case has been investigated by a State which has jurisdiction over it and the State has decided not to prosecute the person concerned, unless the decision resulted from the unwillingness or inability of the State genuinely to prosecute;