Opponents had argued that Musharraf ought to be disqualified undera constitutional ban on public servants running for elected office, which they said applied to him because he was still army chief.
Under these circumstances, a "global" chemical weapons ban would have to be of wholly impractical scope and comprehensiveness to have any chance of being effective.
Upon release, he will beunder five years of supervised probation, which includes a 7 p.m. curfew, aban on attending any collegiate event and aban on stepping onto Auburn University property.
However Dr Roberts said that all sunbed parlours should be staffed and in his written evidence he called for aban on the use of sunbeds for under 18 year olds.