'Amnesty content' in document 'Romania - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

The General Part

Title VI
Causes that remove criminal liability

Effects of amnesty

Art.137 – (1) Amnesty removes criminal liability for the act committed. If it occurs after conviction, it removes also the execution of the penalty, as well as the other consequences of the conviction. The fine paid before amnesty is not returned.

(2) Amnesty does not affect security measures, educatory measures and rights of the injured person.

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;