'Pardon' in document 'Lithuania - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER II
VALIDITY OF A CRIMINAL LAW

Article 9. Extradition

3. It shall be allowed not to extradite a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or an alien where :

7) the person is released from penalty under an act of amnesty or by granting clemency ;

GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER X
SUSPENSION OF A SENTENCE AND RELEASE FROM A PENALTY

Article 79. Clemency

1. A convicted person may be released from serving the entire or a part of the sentence where the President of the Republic grants his clemency plea.

2. The procedure for granting clemency shall be laid down by the President of the Republic.

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