'Pardon' in document 'Kazakhstan - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Section V. Exemption from Criminal Liability and Punishment

Article 76. Exemption from Criminal Liability and Punishment on the Basis of an Act of Amnesty or Pardon

3. An act of pardon of an individually defined person, with regard to whom an incriminating judgment came into legal force, shall be issued by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

4. In case of a pardon, a person having been convicted for a crime may be exempt from further endurance of punishment, or punishment sentenced upon him may be reduced or substituted for a more lenient type of punishment. An act of pardon may remove a conviction from a person having served his punishment.

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