Criminal Law Amendment Act
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Title: | Law supplementing the Criminal Code |
Short title: | Criminal Law Amendment Act |
Abbreviation: | Web |
Type: | Law of the Republic |
Scope: | German Democratic Republic |
Issued on the basis of: | Art. 112 sentence 1 6. Group 2. Var VerfDDR (1949/55) |
Legal matter: | Criminal law |
References : | ZB 20049 a / 78 BArch |
Issued on: | December 11, 1957 (Journal of Laws of I p. 643) |
Entry into force on: | February 1, 1958 |
Last change by: | April 17, 1963 |
Expiry: | January 12, 1968 |
Please note the note on the applicable legal version. |
The law to supplement the Criminal Code (Criminal Law Supplementation Act) was passed in the GDR on December 11, 1957 and came into force on February 1, 1958 . As a "supplement", the law contained significant changes to the modified form of the Reich Penal Code . As an essential part of an action program decided on at the 33rd session of the Central Committee of the SED , it introduced the new types of punishment conditional conviction , public censure and dangerousness to society into criminal law.
Further changes by the Criminal Law Amendment Act:
- Introduction of eleven state crimes
- Introduction of substantive military criminal law
- Amendment of the law to protect domestic German trade
- Repeal of the law for the protection of public property (VESchG) of 1952
- Introduction of the extended participation of lay judges in criminal proceedings outside of the main hearing.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Article 112 sentence 1 VerfDDR (1949/55): “The republic has the right of exclusive legislation on (...) civil law, criminal law, the constitution of the courts and court proceedings; (...). "