Chapter XLVI. concerning Pardons and the Remission of Penalties and Forfeitures in Criminal Cases
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Chap. XLVI.— An Act concerning Pardons and the Remission of Penalties and Forfeitures in Criminal Cases.Feb. 20, 1863. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That (to remove doubts as toPardons and remission of penalties in criminal cases. the true meaning of former laws) hereafter, whenever by the judgment of any court or judicial officer of the United States, in any criminal657THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 46, 47, 49, 50. 1863. proceeding, any person shall be sentenced, or shall have been sentenced heretofore, to two kinds of punishment, the one pecuniary and the other corporal, the President shall have full discretionary power to pardon or remit, in whole or in part, either one of the two kinds, without in any manner impairing the legal validity of the other kind, or of any portion of either kind, not pardoned or remitted. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That in all criminal cases in whichFines and penalties may be collected on execution. there has been or shall be a judgment or sentence against any person, as a fine or penalty, whether alone or along with any other kind of punishment, the same shall be deemed a judgment debt, and (unless pardoned or remitted by the President) may be collected on execution in the common form of law.
Approved, February 20, 1863.