Article 96 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK ONE · TITLE FIVE. Of the Grounds for Extinction of the Criminal Action · CHAPTER IV. Recognition of Innocence and Pardon
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
When it appears that the sentenced person is innocent, the recognition of his innocence shall proceed, in the terms provided by the applicable Code of Criminal Procedure and what is provided in Article 49 of this Code shall be observed.