Act IV of 1978 on the Criminal Code GENERAL ... - Legislationline

(1) In case <strong>of</strong> the extension <strong>of</strong> waiting time, the waiting time prescribed for a soldier for promotion to the followingrank shall be extended. The extension shall be defined in years; its duration may not exceed half <strong>of</strong> the waiting timeprescribed for the rank.(2) The waiting time shall be extended, if the soldier has to merit the promotion by spending a longer waiting time.(1) The court may grant a convict preliminary exemption from the disadvantages attached to previous convictions, if itorders that theimprisonment be executed in a military guardhouse. This exemption shall come about on the day <strong>of</strong> having served thepunishment or <strong>of</strong> the termination <strong>of</strong> its executability.(2) The application <strong>of</strong> a military supplementary punishment does not impede the exemption <strong>of</strong> the convict.For the purposes <strong>of</strong> this <strong>Act</strong>1. <strong>of</strong>ficial persons are:Members <strong>of</strong> Parliament;the President <strong>of</strong> the Republic;the Prime Minister;members <strong>of</strong> the Government, political state secretaries;constitutional judges, judges, prosecutors;ombudsmen <strong>of</strong> citizens’ rights and national and ethnic minority rights;members <strong>of</strong> local government bodies;notaries public and assistant notaries public;independent court bailiffs and assistant court bailiffs;persons serving at the constitutional court, the courts, prosecutors <strong>of</strong>fices, state administration organs, localgovernment organs, the State Audit Office, the Office <strong>of</strong> the President <strong>of</strong> the Republic, the Office <strong>of</strong> Parliament, whoseactivity forms part <strong>of</strong> the proper functioning <strong>of</strong> the organ;persons at organs or bodies entrusted with public power, public administration duties on the basis <strong>of</strong> a legal rule,who fulfil tasks <strong>of</strong> public power, or state administration,2. person performing public duties shall meanemployees <strong>of</strong> a postal service provider performing executor's or security services, persons performing executor's orsecurity services for an economic organization operating public mass transportation vehicles, and other personsperforming passenger carriage services on public roads,soldiers <strong>of</strong> the Hungarian Armed Forces performing service duties,