Assertion: conviction | /r/UsedFor | offence
Facets:
value: against any law
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The President shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remission of punishment or to suspend remit or commute the sentence of any persons convicted of any offence- (a) in all cases where the punishment or sentence is by a court martial; (b) in all cases where the punishment or sentence is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends; (c) in all cases where the sentence is a sentence of death.
text: According to the current state of the law, it is irrelevant that the conviction was for an offence which has since been decriminalised on the basis that it was discriminatory," Mazzola said.