'Amnesty content' in document 'Tajikistan - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

SECTION III. Sentence

CHAPTER 13. Amnesty. Pardon. Criminal Record. Rehabilitation.

Article 82. Amnesty

(1) Amnesty is granted by Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan to certain classes of persons.

(2) According to an act of amnesty an offender sentenced for a crime may be partially or fully released both from principal and supplemental sentences, or the unserved part of the sentence may be reduced or mitigated, or a criminal record may be expunged.

(3) An act of amnesty is applied to criminal acts committed before its adoption.

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;