LESSON 15 ACTIVITY 1

Lesson Title: Amnesty

Skill-building Activities
It’s time to check if you are already familiar with the information about amnesty.
Read carefully the instructions and questions before writing your answer in the space
provided for.

Part I. Modified True or False. Write the word False if the statement is correct but if the
statement is incorrect write the word true then identify the word in the sentence which
makes the statement incorrect and write the correct word to make the statement correct.

1. Amnesty is by proclamation with concurrence of the President, and it is a public

act, which the court should take judicial notice of. FALSE
2. Pardon is for crimes against sovereignty of the state. False
3. Amnesty is a general pardon extended to individual persons generally
exercised by the Chief Executive with the concurrence of congress. FALSE
4. Amnesty is an act of forgiveness. FALSE
5. Amnesty is a blanket pardon granted to a group of prisoners, generally high
profile prisoners.
false