'Pardon' in document 'Moldova - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

Chapter XI
CAUSES THAT EXCLUDE CRIMINAL LIABILITY OR THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONVICTION

Article 108. Pardon

(1) Pardon is an act through which a convict is exempted, in whole or in part, from the punishment set or through which the punishment set is replaced with a milder form.

(2) A pardon is granted by the President of the Republic of Moldova on an individual basis.

(3) A pardon does not have any effect on complementary punishments except for cases when the act of pardon provides otherwise.

(4) A pardon does not have any effect on security measures or on the rights of the injured person.

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