ZAGREB, March 10 (Hina) - Presidential pardons have been published in the Official Gazette for the first time, in accordance with the new law on pardons which came into effect last December.
ZAGREB, March 10 (Hina) - Presidential pardons have been published in
the Official Gazette for the first time, in accordance with the new
law on pardons which came into effect last December.#L#
Unlike the previous law, the new one stipulates that all pardons must
be published in the Official Gazette so as to be available to the
public.
The chairwoman of the Pardons Commission, Neva Sibl, told Hina on
Wednesday that President Stjepan Mesic as a rule accepted the
Commission's proposals although they were not binding.
The criterion for including appeals on the Commission's agenda is the
same as in the previous law -- it depends on how much of the sentence
has been served. "The nearer the completion of a sentence is, the
faster can appeals be processed," said Sibl.
(Hina) ha sb