PART IX – PROCEDURE IN TRIALS BEFORE THE HIGH COURT
ARRAIGNMENT
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.
PART X – APPEALS FROM COURTS MARTIAL
198. Saving of prerogative of mercy
Nothing in this Part shall affect the exercise of the power of mercy under Article 133 of the Constitution.
PART III – MAKING AND EXECUTION OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
11. Grounds for refusal
(c) the request relates to the prosecution of a person for an offence in a case where the person has been acquitted or pardoned by a competent tribunal or authority in a requesting state, or has undergone the punishment provided by the law of that country, in respect of that offence or of another offence constituted by the same act or omission as that 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;