Part III
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
Chapter XXXVIII
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Right to reopening of criminal proceeding and compensation of damages to
wrongfully convicted persons and persons wrongfully deprived of liberty
pursuant to special provisions
Article 550
(1) The right to reopening of criminal proceedings terminated by a final judgment before January 1, 1954 shall be regulated by a separate Act. Until the adoption of such Act, Article 6 of the Initial Code for the Criminal Procedure Code (“Official Gazette of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia”, No. 40/5 3) shall be in force.
(2) Upon entry into force of the present Code, Article 7 of the Initial Code for the Criminal Procedure Code (“Official Gazette of Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia”, No. 40/53) shall also apply with respect to damages to wrongfully convicted persons or persons unlawfully deprived of liberty, unless otherwise provided by the special Act referred to in paragraph 1 of the present Article.
Compensation - national proceedings
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