'Pardon' in document 'Kenya - Criminal Procedure Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART VI – PROCEDURE IN TRIALS BEFORE SUBORDINATE COURTS

PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE HEARING AND DETERMINATION OF CASES

207. Accused to be called upon to plead

(5) If the accused pleads—

(b) that he has obtained the President's pardon for his offence,

PART IX – PROCEDURE IN TRIALS BEFORE THE HIGH COURT

279. Plea of autrefois acquit and autrefois convict

(1) An accused person against whom an information is filed may plead—

(b) that he has obtained the President’s pardon for his offence.

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