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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I

GENERAL PART

BOOK II

THE CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT AND ITS APPLICATION

TITLE I

PUNISHMENTS AND OTHER MEASURES AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT

CHAPTER III

MEASURES APPLICABLE TO ADULTS IN SPECIAL CASES

Section III.- Pardon and Amnesty

Article 230.- Amnesty.

(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, an amnesty may be granted in respect to certain crimes or certain classes of criminals, either absolutely or subject to certain conditions or obligations, by the appropriate competent authority, when circumstances seem to indicate that such a measure is expedient.
The conditions of granting amnesty shall be as provided by law. The law shall specify its purpose, the beneficiaries and its scope.

(2) An amnesty bars or discontinues any prosecution from the moment of its promulgation.
When a sentence has been passed an amnesty cancels it as well as all its other consequences under criminal law. The conviction shall be presumed to be non-existent and the entry deleted from the judgment register of the criminal .

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;