Persons granted an amnesty shall be given immunity from criminal prosecution,
complete or partial remission of sentence, mitigation of the imposed sentence by the
application of a less severe type of sentence, annulment of the conviction or a cessation
of the application of a particular legal consequence of conviction.
Pardon
Article 97
By means of a pardon, a person designated by name shall be granted immunity
from prosecution, complete or partial remission of sentence, mitigation of the imposed
sentence by the application of a less severe type of sentence, or by the suspension of
the sentence, or by the annulment of the conviction, or a cessation or reduction of the
application of a particular legal consequence of conviction.
Application of the General Part in Amnesty and Pardon
Article 98
(1) It the amnesty or pardon change the provision on a criminal sanction, the
general part of this Penal Code shall apply.
(2) If a life sentence was imposed, the pardon or amnesty shall impose a
sentence of imprisonment between twenty-five and thirty years.
(3) The rights of third persons shall by no means be affected by judgements
connected with the granting of amnesties and pardons.
Chapter Thirteen
Meaning of Terms of the Penal Code
Article 99
(1) For the purpose of this Penal Code the term official shall mean:
1) a member of the National Assembly, a member of the National Council, and a
member of a local or regional representative body;
2) a Constitutional Court judge, a judge, a lay judge, state prosecutor, or state defender;
3) a person carrying out official duties or exercising a public function with management
powers and responsibilities within a state authority;
4) any other person exercising official duties by authorisation of the law, of by-law or of
the contract on arbitration concluded on the basis of the law;
5) military person designated as a such with special regulations in instances, when the
act is not already criminalised as a criminal offence against military duty;