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Kriegswirtschaftliches ErmächtigungsgesetzKriegswirtschaftliches Ermächtigungsgesetz (War Economy Empowering Act), law from July 24, 1917 (Reichsgesetzblatt/Imperial Legal Gazette No. 307), authorising the government to take all measures necessary to ensure the functioning of the economy and supplies to the population during World War I. It was still in force in the Republic of Austria and served as the basis for all emergency decrees issued by the authoritarian Corporate State after the dissolution of parliament in March, 1933, until the constitution of 1934 was enacted. It was abolished by the constitutional law of July 25, 1946 (Bundesgesetzblatt/Federal Legal Gazette number 143). Literature: P. Huemer, Sektionschef R. Hecht und die Zerstörung der Demokratie in Österreich, 1975.
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