'Pardon' in document 'New Zealand - Crimes Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part 14
Miscellaneous provisions

407 Effect of free pardon

Where any person convicted of any offence is granted a free pardon by Her Majesty, or by the Governor-General in the exercise of any powers vested in him in that behalf, that person
shall be deemed never to have committed that offence: provided that the granting of a free pardon shall not affect any¬thing lawfully done or the consequences of anything unlaw¬fully done before it is granted.

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