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Amnesty [fr. auvnorla, Gk., non-remembrance], an act of pardon or 'oblivion' (see, e.g., the Act of Oblivion, 12 Car. 2, c. 11, and 20 Geo. 2, c. 52), by which crimes against the Government up to a certain date are so obliterated that they can never be brought into charge. All acts of amnesty originate with the Crown.As understood in common parlance, the word 'amnesty' is appropriate only where political prisoners are released and not in cases where those who have committed felonies and murders are pardoned, State (Govt of NCT of Delhi) v. Prem Raj, (2003) 7 SCC 121 (126): 2003 SCC (Cri) 1586. (Constitution of India, Arts. 72, 161)Means a pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons, usually for a political offence; act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted, e.g. the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act provided amnesty for undocumented aliens already present in the country, B...
Amnesty International
Amnesty International, means an international non-governmental organization founded in the early 1960s to protect human rights throughout the world. Its mission is to 'secure throughout the world the observance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights'. Amnesty Int. L Statute, Article 1....
amnesty
amnesty pl: -ties : an act of clemency by an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individuals [illegal-alien farm workers seeking "National Law Journal"] ...
clemency
clemency pl: -cies 1 : willingness or ability to moderate the severity of a punishment (as a sentence) 2 : an act or instance of mercy, compassion, or forgiveness see also amnesty, commute, pardon, reprieve ...
proclaim
proclaim : to declare or declare to be solemnly, officially, or formally [ an amnesty] ...
Royal Assent
Royal Assent. The act by which the Crown agrees to a bill which has already passed both Houses is called 'The Royal Assent,' which may be given by the sovereign in person in the House of Lords, the Commons standing at the bar; or by the Commissioners appointed by the Crown, under the Declaratory Act (33 Hen. 8, c. 21), for that special purpose and for the single occasion. The forms observed in both cases do not vary, and are as follows: The Lords being assembled in their own House, the Sovereign or the Commissioners seated, and the Commons at the bar, the titles of the several bills which have passed both Houses are read, and the king's or queen's answer is declared by the Clerk of the Parliaments in Norman-French. To a bill of supply, the assent is given in the following words: 'Le roy (or, la reyne) remercie ses loyaux sujets, accepte leur benevolence et ainsi le veult.' To a privte bill it is thus declared: 'Soit fait comme il est desire.' And to public general bills it is given in ...
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