Powers to seize invalid passports Pardons for certain abolished offences
A pardon can be granted by the Crown under the royal prerogative of mercy. The grant of such a Royal pardon is rare. The Crown used this power in 2013 to pardon Alan Turing for gross indecency. Pardons can also be granted by statute, such as the pardons for servicemen executed for disciplinary offences during World War I, under section 359 of the Armed Forces Act 2006.
	Chapter 4 of Part 5 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 makes provision for disregarding certain convictions and cautions for buggery and gross indecency between men.