Decision No 52 / 1980 Coll.
Decision of the President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on amnesty
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Decision of the President
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
o amnesty
On the 35th anniversary of the culmination of the national liberation struggle of the Czechoslovak people and the liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet army, our nations evaluate the results achieved in the construction of an advanced socialist society. It is a proud balance of the achievements of our workers who are actively and selflessly implementing the Communist Party policy of Czechoslovakia.
The fact that socialist democracy has developed further in our country, socialist lawfulness has deepened and the political-moral unity of the people has strengthened, creates a guarantee that some people, even though they have violated the law, can be reraised without imposing a penalty and execution.
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, I use my constitutional rights and grant this
amnesty:
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(a) penalties or remnants thereof, where they have been imposed for an offence or intentional offence in an area not exceeding 1 year;
(b) penalties or remnants thereof, where they have been imposed for a negligent offence in an area not exceeding three years;
(c) penalties for corrective action or residues thereof;
which were lawfully deposited before the date of this Decision.
Unconditional prison sentences [Article I (a), (b)] shall be remitted to those convicted who serve or are to serve in the first group, in the military corps or in the juvenile correctional institution.
I forgive the prison sentences suspended and the punishments of the remedy, which have been waived under Article I, with the effect that on the date of this decision the perpetrators are looked at as if they had not been convicted.
I order that it not be initiated, and if it has already been initiated, that the prosecution be stopped
(a) for offences and intentional offences committed prior to the date of this Decision, provided that they are subject to a prison sentence not exceeding 1 year;
(b) in the case of negligent offences committed before the date of this Decision, provided that they are subject to a custodial sentence not exceeding three years.
This Decision shall not apply:
(a) persons who, during the last 10 years prior to the date of this Decision, have been convicted of an intentional offence for an unconditional sentence of imprisonment or who have been released during the last 10 years from the execution of the prison sentence imposed on them for an intentional offence, unless they are viewed as not being convicted;
(b) the offence of leaving the Republic pursuant to § 109 (3) of the Act, as well as the similar offence under the laws previously in force;
(c) total and aggregate penalties, where one of the collectible offences is the offence referred to in (b).
I hereby order the Ministers of Justice of the Czech Socialist Republic and the Slovak Socialist Republic and the Minister of National Defence of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic to submit to me, on the basis of a review, proposals to forgive or reduce the sentence,
(a) pregnant women,
(b) mothers who care for two or more children;
(c) men over 65 and women over 60,
(d) persons suffering from a severe incurable disease.
Done at Prague, 8 May 1980.
Husák v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decision No 52 / 1980 Coll., on amnesty |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 08.05.1980 |
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| Effective from | - |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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