Ethiopia - Apply for Pardon Grant

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Procedure

Apply In Person

1. To Apply for Pardon Grant, the applicant has to approach the Ministry of Justice in Ethiopia link
2. An application from will be provided to the applicant by the respective officer.
3. Applicant has to fill in all necessary details in the application form (Incomplete application forms are not accepted).
4. Make sure that the applicant has all the necessary documents (photocopies and originals) that are mentioned in “Required Documents” in the section of this page.
5. Applicant should attach the photocopies of the necessary documents (whichever is necessary) along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit the application form to the respective officer. The authority will review the application.
7. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as per the authority request.
8. The Board shall, upon the receipt of the application for pardon, examine information required under Article 13 of this Proclamation in addition to the files of the prosecution and the court as well as evidence and information furnished by any person, and any other evidence that it gets on its own for or against the application for pardon.

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Required Documents

An application for pardon shall, in particular, contain the following information in respect of the petitioner:

• Full name including grandfather’s name, age as well as mother’s full name, and address;
• Position of responsibility, if he was a government employee,
• Residential address of the petitioner in the five years immediately preceding the date of commission of the crime;
• The act with which he is convicted, the law with which is held responsible and the penalty imposed upon him, the court which sentenced him, the stage of the execution of the sentence and number of the case docket;
• Apart from petty offences, all previous convictions, the penalty imposed and the sentence served, if any;
• The name of the prison, in which the petitioner serves his sentence, corrective institution or confinement;
• The reasons for his being eligible for pardon;
• The list of supporting documents, if any, attached to the application for pardon;
• The full names and addresses of three persons who are not related to the petitioner by consanguinity or affinity, and organizations and associations with the reasons for their support of the pardon;
• The date of previous granting or denial of pardon, if any;
• If the applicant is applying in another’s favour, his legal ground for lodging such application.

Office Locations & Contacts

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Contact - +251115541868
Location link

Eligibility

• Any person who is convicted and sentenced by a court may, unless the granting of pardon is prohibited by law, apply for pardon in person or through his spouse, close relatives, representative or lawyer.

Fees

• Fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority request.

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure is depends upon the correctness of the information.

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Instructions

• Applicant must complete the application form before submitting. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

Required Information

• Name
• Address
• Gender
• Age
• Contact number
• Office address
• Email
• Residential address
• Nationality
• Identity card
• Parents details
• Witnesses details

Need for the Document

• Pardon grant means to forgive a person of his offence. The Governors of States have been given the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence.

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