(1) Without prejudice to any civil right, an amnesty shall expunge a conviction and shall put an end to the enforcement of all penalties, whether principal or accessory, and of all preventive measures pronounced in consequence of the conviction, save confinement in a health institution and closure of an establishment.
(2) Unless otherwise expressed, an amnesty shall bar the commencement or continuation of any prosecution.
(3) Unless so expressed, an amnesty shall not relieve of the liability for any expenses due to the Treasury in respect of a conviction which has become final.
(4) Unless so expressed, it shall not affect the right of the Treasury to any sums already collected in satisfaction of expenses, fines or confiscation.
(5) Unless so expressed, it shall by itself neither restore to any decoration nor restore to any order forfeited.
(6) Unless so expressed, it shall not of itself restore to any public service, employment or office, and shall give no right to restoration to the position in a public service which, but for the conviction, would have been attained.
(7) It shall be no bar to an application for revision with a view to establishing innocence in fact.
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