Article 540: The penal effects of all punishment sentences shall remain in effect until the convict’s honor has been restored under the Law or by a Court ruling accordingly.
Article 541: Restoration of honor under the Law occurs when the sentence meted out is a financial fine or imprisonment for up to a maximum of one year, after two years have passed since the sentence is executed or by a clemency or by the statute of limitations, unless the convict carries out another crime during such two years.
Article 542: With respect to the above, restoration of honor is not granted except under a ruling from the Appeals Court of the Governorate of proper
jurisdiction, where the convict resides and based on a request therefore by the latter, upon meeting the following conditions:
1. The sentence has been executed or waived or the period falling under the statute of limitations has passed thereto.
2. Three years have passed beyond completion thereof, if the term of imprisonment does not exceed three years; six years in all other cases.
3. That all financial obligations to the Government or to individuals have been fulfilled, or the convict has proven that he is in a condition that does not enable the latter to meet such obligations. 4. That the conduct of the applicant thereof, since the issuance of the
sentence, calls for confidence that the latter is able to keep himself in good standing.
Article 543: If the convict is placed under observation by the police after the original sentence has passed, which starts from the date in which such observation period has ended.
If the convict is released under parole, wherein such case the period commences from the date set for the completion of the sentence, or from the date in which the parole has turned into a final release.
Article 544: If the applicant is under numerous sentences, then the restoration of honor thereof, by virtue of the Law, or by Court ruling, does not occur unless the conditions stipulated in the previous articles, for each such sentence, subject to calculating the period based on the most recent sentences.
Article 545: The request for a restoration of honor certificate by court ruling shall be presented through a petition thereof to the General Prosecution, which includes the necessary details for identifying the applicant, the date of the verdict issued against the applicant and the places where the latter resided since that time.
Article 546: The General Prosecution shall undertake an investigation, with respect to this application to verify the duration in which the applicant resided in each of the places where the latter stayed since the verdict is issued against him; to check how the latter is acting, conduct and the means of livelihood pursued by the applicant over the period; to investigate all the information it deems necessary. Such investigation shall accompany the application and present it to the Court within three months of the presentation of the application with a report, which includes its opinion and the reasons thereof and shall attach with the application the following:
1. A copy of the verdict and sentence meted out to the applicant. 2. The penal card.
3. A report on the investigation of the applicant’s conduct during the stay of the latter in the penal facility and the places wherein the latter resided in since the date of the issuance of the verdict.
Article 547: The Court shall consider the application in the deliberation chamber; it can hear the statements of the General Prosecution and the applicant and complete any other information it deems necessary and issue its ruling on accepting or rejecting the application with the reasons accordingly.
This ruling can only be appealed by an Appeal for Annulment.
Article 548: The General Prosecution shall send a copy of the Restoration of honor Ruling to the Court, which issued the sentence of the applicant to mark its margins in acknowledgement; to order that it shall be noted in the Penal Record of the convict accordingly.
Article 549: If the application for a Restoration of honor Ruling is rejected because of the conduct of the latter, the application can only be represented after one year has passed.
In other cases, the application can be represented whenever the conditions required have been met accordingly.
Article 550: A Restoration of honor Ruling may be cancelled, if it is apparent that other sentences were issued against the convict, that were unknown to the Court, or if a ruling is issued that rejected the issuance of a Restoration of honor Ruling for a crime prior to such ruling; the cancellation ruling shall be issued by the Court that issued the Restoration of honor Ruling, based on the request of the General Prosecution
Article 551: A restoration of honor Ruling from a Court can only be issued once. Article 552: A restoration of honor ruling under the Law or by a Court entails the
elimination of the conviction ruling for the future and the cancellation of all penal effects, without prejudice to the rights of other Parties involved accordingly.