'Pardon' 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 83. Pardon

(1) The question of giving a pardon is decided by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan in regard to a certain person.

(2) According to an act of pardon an individual sentenced for a crime may be partially or fully released both from principal and supplemental sentences, or the unserved period of the sentence may be reduced or mitigated, or a criminal record may be expunged.
Note: Although the acts of amnesty and pardon are applied a victim still has the right to get compensation for damages caused by a criminal act.

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