Decision of the President of the Republic No 10 / 1973 Coll.
Decision of the President of the Republic on amnesty
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President of the Republic
o amnesty
On the 25th anniversary of the Victory of February, our people evaluate the achievements they achieved under the leadership of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and appreciate the honest and dedicated work in favour of socialist society.
The degree of political unity of society allows those who have sinned against the law to be given the opportunity to engage as ordinary citizens in the socialist construction of our country.
Therefore, on a proposal from the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on the basis of my constitutional right,
amnesty:
(1) I forgive the Czechoslovak citizens
(a) penalties or residues thereof,
(b) penalties or remnants thereof;
(c) cash penalties and alternative penalties imposed on them or their residues, not yet paid;
in accordance with the first special part of the criminal law to which the law provides for a custodial sentence of not more than five years, with the exception of the criminal offences of subverting the Republic pursuant to § 98 (1), a threat to national secrecy pursuant to § 106 and 107, and a damage to the interests of the Republic abroad pursuant to § 112.
(2) This provision shall apply only to citizens who were, for the first time, convicted for a criminal offence before the date of this Decision.
Unconditional prison sentences imposed on offences referred to in Article I forgive on condition that the sentenced person is not sentenced within two years of this decision for an intentional offence.
I am ordering that it should not be initiated and, if it has already been initiated, that the criminal prosecution for the offences referred to in Article I, committed before the date of this Decision by Czechoslovak citizens who were not legally convicted for the offence before that date.
Provisions of Articles I to III shall apply to citizens who, before the date of this Decision, committed a criminal offence leaving the Republic in accordance with Article 109 (1) and (2) if they have returned or return to the territory of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic by 31 December 1973.
(1) Permit
(a) outstanding sentences of imprisonment not exceeding two years;
(b) remnants of prison sentences not exceeding two years;
(c) unserved penalties or remnants thereof;
(d) yet outstanding cash penalties and alternative penalties imposed on them or the remnants thereof, which have been or will be imposed definitively for offences and the following offences:
1. economic, if committed negligently;
2. against public order, with the exception of offences referred to in Section 1 of Title Three of the Special Act, the offence of accepting bribery pursuant to Section 160 (3) and endangering professional secrecy (Section 173);
3. generally dangerous, with the exception of the general threat referred to in § 179, the illicit use of arms (§ 185) and the illicit manufacture and possession of narcotic drugs and poisons (§ 187);
4. against life and health, except for murder (§ 219) and battery pursuant to § 221, 222 and 224 (3);
5. against freedom and human dignity, with the exception of restrictions on personal freedom (§ 231), deprivation of liberty (§ 232), introduction abroad (§ 233), robbery (§ 234), rape (§ 241) and sexual abuse pursuant to § 242;
6. against property;
7. against the industry;
8. military if committed negligently.
(2) This provision shall apply only to persons who, prior to the date of this Decision, have been convicted for the first time for an offence or offence.
(1) I hereby order that it be not initiated and, if it has already been initiated, that criminal prosecution be brought to an end for the offences or offences referred to in Article V committed before the date of this Decision, provided that they are subject to a custodial sentence not exceeding two years.
(2) This provision shall not apply to persons who, prior to the date of this Decision, have been convicted of a criminal offence or offence.
In the event of suspension of the prison sentence and of the penalty for corrective action, as set out in Articles I and V, I forgive with the effect that on the date of this decision, the perpetrator is looked at as if he had not been convicted.
(1) This Decision shall not apply to total and aggregate sentences where one of the collectible acts is an offence not covered by amnesty.
(2) The assessment of criminal rates for minors is not governed by the provisions of Paragraph 79 (1) of the Act.
I hereby order the Ministers of Justice of the Republics and the Minister of National Defence of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic to submit to me, on the basis of a review, proposals for remission or reduction of the sentence, if applicable
(a) adolescents,
(b) pregnant women;
(c) mothers who care for two or more children;
(d) men over 60 and women over 55,
(e) persons suffering from a severe incurable disease;
those who have been finely charged with unconditional imprisonment for offences or offences committed before the date of this Decision and which are otherwise not covered by this Decision.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decision of the President of the Republic No 10 / 1973 Coll., on amnesty |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 23.02.1973 |
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| Effective from | - |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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