!!!Notverordnung

Emergency Decree, decree issued by the  Federal President without any 
special statutory basis. Article 18 of the Federal Constitution 
entitles the Federal President to issue an emergency decree in 
exceptional cases, e.g. when the  Nationalrat cannot convene or when 
it is obstructed in the execution of its duties by force majeure. The 
power to issue emergency decrees can be invoked by the Federal 
President if immediate measures have to be taken to prevent the public 
from irreparable damage. The emergency decree must not change the 
constitution or result in a permanent burden on the government´s 
budget. The emergency decree is issued upon recommendation of the 
Federal Government in accordance with the standing subcommittee of the 
 Main Committee of the Nationalrat.

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The authoritarian regime of 1933-1938 justified its seizure of power 
by emergency decree by wrongly basing it on the Wartime Economy 
Enabling Act of 1917 ( Maiverfassung 1934,  Corporate State). The 
Emergency Decree power was also laid down in the Constitution of 1867 
(sec. 14) and was made use of several times when the Lower House of 
Parliament was suspended.

!Literature
M. Welan, Das oesterreichische Staatsoberhaupt, 1986.


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