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Congress enacted a Comprehensive Amnesty Act granting amnesty for acts of rebellion and related offenses committed from 2014 to 2025, provided the offender surrenders to authorities and renounces violence within 100 days after the Act took effect. A participant in the 2019 rebellion, Lino, was convicted of rebellion in 2021. He surrendered to authorities 90 days after the Act took effect and renounced violence within 60 days. The Act provides that all criminal liability for offenses described therein shall be extinguished for those who comply with the surrender conditions. Lino also has a pending case for illegal possession of firearms filed in 2016; that offense is not described in the Amnesty Act. (a) Is Lino's criminal liability extinguished by the Amnesty Act? (b) What is the effect on his prior rebellion conviction and on the pending firearms case? (c) Briefly distinguish amnesty from pardon.