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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1296",
  "legislation_title": "The United Nations (International Tribunal) (Rwanda) Order 1996",
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  "number": "Article 27",
  "heading": "Pardon or commutation of sentences",
  "text": "If, pursuant to the applicable law of the State in which the convicted person is imprisoned, he or she is eligible for pardon or commutation of sentence, the State concerned shall notify the International Tribunal for Rwanda accordingly. There shall only be pardon or commutation of sentence if the President of the International Tribunal for Rwanda, in consultation with the judges, so decides on the basis of the interests of justice and the general principles of law.",
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      "type": "substituted for Sch. Art. 11 para. 1 2",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2559",
      "affecting_title": "The United Nations (International Tribunals) (Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda) (Amendment) Order 2012"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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