CHAPTER 8. THE EXECUTIVE
Part I. The President
72. PREROGATIVE OF MERCY
1. The President may, acting in consultation with the Council of State-
a grant to a person convicted of an offence a pardon either free or subject to lawful conditions; or
FIRST SCHEDULE. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
PART III. THE JUDICIARY
17. PREROGATIVE OF MERCY
The prerogative of mercy of the President under article 72 of this Constitution may be exercised in respect of any criminal offence committed before the coming into force of this Constitution as it may in respect of a criminal offence committed thereafter.
PART V—TRIAL ON INDICTMENT
Section 237 Plead of Autrefois Acquit and Autrefois Convict.
(1) An accused may, upon indictment, plead—
(b) that he has obtained the President's Pardon for his offence.
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;