38/1985 Coll.
The DECISION of the
the President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
on the amnesty of 8 June. May 1985
In the days of 40. anniversary of national liberation struggle of Czech climax and
the Slovak people and the liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet army is evaluating
our Nations results achieved in the construction of advanced Socialist
the company. It is proud of the balance of our workers who work proactively and
devotedly carry out policy of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. In our
Homeland is further developed, deepened and the Socialist democracy
consolidate the political and moral unity of the people. These facts are
an expression of strength and the strength of our Socialist and guarantee
for some people, even if they are in breach of the law, may be achieved
reeducation, and without the imposition of punishment and its execution.
On the proposal of the Bureau of Central Committee of the Communist Party
Czechoslovakia and the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, I use
their constitutional rights and "I give this
Amnesty:
Article. (I)
Promíjím
a) unconditional prison sentences or their residues if they have been
stored for a misdemeanor or an intentional criminal act in the area of not more than
one year,
b) unconditional prison sentences or their residues if they have been
stored for negligent crime in an area of not more than three years,
(c)) from other unconditional prison sentences for their part in the amount of
one year, or their remnants of less than one year,
d) conditionally deferred prison sentences,
e) punishment of the remedy or their residues, which have been lawfully
stored prior to the date of this decision.
Article II
Unconditional prison sentences referred to in article I (b). a), b), c)
promíjím prisoners, who are pursuing or penalty to be carried out in the first
nápravně educational group, in the military correctional unit or nápravně
educational institution for juveniles.
Article. (III)
Conditionally deferred prison sentences and punishments for corrective action
referred to in article I (b). d), (e)) promíjím with the effect that the date of this
the decision on the visor, as if the offender has been convicted.
Article IV
1. I order not to start and was already initiated, in order to
acquitted
and) for offenses and intentional crimes committed prior to the date of this
the decision, if a term of imprisonment of not more than
one year,
(b)) for offences committed before the date of this decision, of the negligence,
If a term of imprisonment of not more than three years.
2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this article is to be used in respect of penalties there
those that have been saved so far nepravomocnými judgments of the embodied
prior to the date of this decision or on this day.
Article. In
This decision shall not apply
and) on persons who have been in the last ten years prior to the date of this
the decision finally condemned to imprisonment
for an intentional criminal act other than the one about to be decided by the
in this decision, or which have been in the last ten years
released from imprisonment, which was saved for the
an intentional criminal act, except where the looking at them as if they were doomed,
(b) the offences of abandonment) of the Republic, pursuant to section 109 of the tr. and to similar
offences under the laws previously in force, in addition to criminal offences
receiving bribes under § 160 tr. Cust., indirect bribery pursuant to section
162 para. 1 tr. and the neglect of mandatory nutrition under section 213 tr..,
(c)) the offences referred to in article I (b). (b)) and article IV, paragraph 1. 1
(a). (b)) this decision, where the Commission has been associated with
vandalized, for which the law stipulates a prison sentence
exceeding one year
(d)) on the aggregate and summary punishment, if any of the converging
crime is listed under the letter b) article in this decision.
Čl.VI
Saving to the Ministers of Justice of the Czech Socialist Republic and the
The Slovak Socialist Republic, and the Minister of national defence
The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic to me based on the review
submit proposals to the decision on the remission or mitigation of punishment
imposed for criminal offences and offences committed before the publication of this
the decision for the person to whom the decision does not apply, if the
and pregnant women)
b) mothers, caring for two or more children under the age of 15 years,
c) men older than 65 years and women older than 60 years of age,
(d)) persons who suffer from severe incurable disease.
Prague, may 8. May 1985
Husák v.r.