!!!Begnadigung Pardon, act of grace granted by the Federal President in individual cases, whereby he can remit, mitigate, and commute punishments imposed by a court, forbear legal consequences, extinguish sentences, and quash criminal proceedings in the case of a criminal offence rendering the accused liable to public prosecution; compare: criminal procedure in financial matters, granting of pardons by the Federal Minister of Finance ( Amnesty). !Literature H. Klecatsky, Die staatsrechtlichen Wurzeln des Gnadenrechts, JBl. 1967. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Begnadigung|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]