Amnesty

The month-long amnesty is being held to encourage people to hand in any illegally held firearms and ammunition without fear of prosecution.

Thereafter, the Legislative Assembly granted amnesty for political crimes committed during the war.

the government announced an amnesty on illegal weapons

And it comes after Greater Manchester Police recently announced their own plans for an amnesty to reduce firearms offences.

He was eventually given a pardon under a general amnesty in 1945 at the age of 59.

But this time the jails of the world will be less full – the coup leaders were granted an amnesty .

More than 1,000 weapons, including 450 guns, have been handed in during the amnesty , with more weapons still coming in to divisional police stations.

He added that thousands of people had also taken advantage of the recent amnesty period for those illegally receiving social grants to come forward and have them stopped.

The month-long amnesty for real firearms and other deadly weapons followed a successful two-month campaign to rid the streets of fake firearms.

Constitutionally, only the king can grant partial or complete amnesty to anyone convicted in Cambodia.

Some members of York’s criminal fraternity believed the temporary amnesty to be a ‘set up’ and that they would be arrested on sight, and would therefore not be attending.

However, there are no plans at this time to have an amnesty on illegal weapons.

Six confessed militants who surrendered to authorities under a government amnesty in July have since been released.

Though the corrupt city councilors may get away from the penalty of the law in granting the amnesty , they cannot escape the punishment of the voters in the future.

Police are hoping people will take advantage of the amnesty to hand over weapons at stations before the penalties are made law.

an amnesty for political prisoners

West Yorkshire Police have launched an amnesty on offensive weapons in the Wakefield and Pontefract areas.

A portion of the 500-plus people given advice can expect a phone call from the police in the next couple of weeks after the amnesty ‘s six-month trial period ended.

During the month-long amnesty , 95 weapons were dropped off in the first seven days followed by 222 in the second week.

‘He will be given an amnesty , pardoned, after being judged guilty,’ he told the newspaper during a recent visit to Rome.

The streets of south Essex could be rid of hundreds of firearms in a month-long amnesty to crack down on gun crime.

Ballistic bags will be provided at Bradford police stations during the month-long amnesty which is aimed at stemming Britain’s growing illegal gun culture.

the new law granted amnesty to those who illegally left the country

a month-long weapons amnesty

No amnesty may be granted to him, nor can he be ransomed.

They were each sentenced to 29 years in prison but were released in 1992 as part of an amnestygranted to political prisoners, having served only five years of their sentence.

He immediately issued an amnesty for those convicted of or charged with political offences since October 1968.

The weapons amnesty is receiving wide support.

The report goes on to recommend amnesty for any person convicted of possession of cannabis under current or past legislation.