Act No. 14 / 1957 Coll.
Act amending and supplementing the Criminal Act Administrative No. 88 / 1950 Coll.
Valid
Effective from 01.04.1957
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Law
of 6 March 1957
amending and supplementing Administrative Act No. 88 / 1950 Coll.
The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic decided on the following Act:
(1) The sentence of public reprimand may be imposed for any offence, even if that penalty is not expressly provided for in a specific part of the criminal law of an administrative nature.
(2) Only one of the main punishments can be imposed for an offence.
The upper limit of the fines provided for in the special section of the Administrative Criminal Code is set at 20.000 CZK, if the amount of 100,000 CZK has been fixed so far, and 15.000 CZK has been fixed at 50,000 CZK; the other upper limit of fines is halved.
The general part of the Administrative Criminal Act is amended as follows:
1.
"The measurement of the penalty shall take into account the degree of danger of the offence to society, in particular with regard to the way in which the offence is committed, its consequences, the extent of the fault, the person responsible, the possibility of rectification and the circumstances aggravating and mitigating."
Article 14 (a) reads as follows:
"(a) he has committed an offence in a state of reduced sanity, unless he has brought it himself, particularly by drinking alcohol,"
3.
"If someone is to be punished at the same time for several offences, a single sentence shall be imposed according to the legal provision which applies to the most severe of them; other offences shall be taken into account as aggravating circumstances. The provision of secondary punishment shall be used even if it applies only to one of the offences."
4.
"(1) If the perpetrator has committed an infringement of an activity or profession, a prohibition of such an activity or profession may be made.
(2) The prohibition provided for in paragraph 1 is set at up to three years; the term of imprisonment shall not count to that period. ';
5. Article 25 (1) reads as follows:
(1) A case may be declared forfeited,
(a) which has been used to commit an offence,
(b) which is intended to commit an offence;
(c) obtained by or as remuneration for the offender;
(d) which the offender has acquired for an offence; or
(e) which the offender has acquired for a cause obtained as a reward for committing an offence. "
The specific part of the Administrative Criminal Act is amended as follows:
1. The following Section 35a is inserted after Section 35:
Dismemberment and damage to property held in socialist property
He who steals or intentionally harms property that is in socialist property and is an act of little importance will be punished by a fine of up to 5 000 CZK or by public reprimand or withdrawal of liberty for up to three months. "
2.
"(1) Those who act against the rules on the foreign exchange economy will be punished by a fine of up to 5,000 CZK or by public reprimand.
(2) Those who cause damage to the foreign exchange economy by acting against the rules on the foreign exchange economy will be punished by a fine of up to 15 000 CZK or by public reprimand or withdrawal of liberty for up to six months.
(3) Those who commit the offence referred to in paragraph 2 intentionally shall be punished by a fine of up to 20 000 CZK or by public reprimand or withdrawal of liberty for up to six months. '
3.
"(d) who, for unfair reasons, accumulate the goods or remove them by other illegal means from production, circulation or consumption; or"
4.
"(b) who enter the territory or places where his stay is prohibited or where entry is officially prohibited."
5. In § 134, the upper limit of the fine is set at 5.000 CZK and the upper limit of the prison sentence is fixed at one month.
6. The following Section 137a is inserted after Section 137:
Damage to personal and private property
Who causes damage to personal or private property by:
(a) take possession of a case of such property by intent to treat it as its own;
(b) intentionally treat the property which has been entrusted to it as having its own property;
(c) intentionally mislead or exploit someone's error; or
(d) intentionally destroy, damage or render the property unfit;
and it is an act of little importance, he will be punished by a fine of up to 3,000 CZK or by public reprimand or withdrawal of liberty for up to one month. "
7. Paragraph 144 is added to paragraph 4:
"(4) Anyone in a state of drunk or drunk driving a vehicle shall be punished by a fine of up to 10 000 CZK or by public reprimand or withdrawal of liberty for up to three months. '
The sentence of prohibition of activity forever or for a period exceeding three years, imposed for an offence before the entry into force of this law, shall be changed with effect from the legal power of the judgment or judgment to the penalty of prohibition of activity for three years.
This Act shall take effect on 1 April 1957; it shall be carried out by all members of the Government.
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Ing. Jankovcová v. r.
Polack v. r.
Bark v. r.
Ing. Shimonek v. r.
Dr Kylý v. r.
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Dr. Nove v. r.
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Jonah v. r.
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Dr Skoda v. r.
Bukal v. r.
Dvořák v. r.
Dr Kahuda v. r.
General Colonel Lomská v. r.
Dr Neuman v. r.
Ouzký v. r.
Pospíšil v. r.
Ing. Púčik v. r.
Dr. Vlasák v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 14 / 1957 Coll., amending and supplementing the Criminal Act No. 88 / 1950 Coll. |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 16.03.1957 |
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| Effective from | 01.04.1957 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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