Constitution

Texts

Constitution of Montenegro 1992

Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro 2007 

Religious Communities

Laws and decrees

Law on Festivities, 1994

Law on non-profit associations in 1999

Law governing entry, movement and residence of foreigners in the Republic of Montenegro in 1996

Law governing entry, movement and residence of foreigners in the Republic of Montenegro in 2008 amended to 2011

Religious Communities Act 1977

Draft of amendment to the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination in 2013

Law against discrimination in 2010

Law on volunteering in 2012

Law on minorities 2002

Human rights in Montenegro in 2002

On the internal organizational structure of the Ministry of Human Rights and Minorities 2017

Law on freedom of religion, belief and on the legal status of religious communities 2019

Law on religious freedom or faith with official comment 2019 – Original document in Macedonian language

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Regulation on the Contents and Procedure for Maintaining the Central Registry of Non-Governmental Organizations 1999

Appointment of the Director General of the Directorate for relations with the religious communities of the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, 2014

Decision on the composition of the Joint Committee on the agreement that governs the relationship of mutual interest between the Government of Montenegro and the Jewish community

Decision. formation of part of the Joint Committee for the implementation of the agreement between the government and the Jewish community, 2014

Letter from the Patriarch of Constantinople to the President of the Republic 2019 – Original document in Macedonian language

Decree of the regent Alexander Karadjordjevic on the abolition of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church 1920 

National and International Agreements

Agreement between the Holy See and the Realm of Montenegro, 1886

Basic Agreement between the Holy See and Montenegro

Exchange of instruments of ratification of the Basic Agreement between the Holy See and Montenegro

The contract that governs the relationship between the Islamic community in Montenegro and the Montenegrin government

Agreement between the Government of Montenegro and the Hebrew Community 2012

Opinion of the Venice 2019 Committee

Statutes and Internal Rules

Statute of the Episcopal Conference of SS Cyril and Methodius

Statute of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church 

Bodies And Church Properties

Confiscation, Restitution and Compensation of Properties of Religious Communities

Law on the restitution of property rights and compensation 2004 amended in 2007

Law on expropriation 2000-2006

General Law on the right of property, 2009

Law on state survey and property register 2007

State Property Law 2011 

Taxation

Law on VAT, 2015

Law on personal taxes 2014

Law on corporate taxes 2010 

Construction of Worship And Urban Planning

Laws and decrees

Law on Spatial Planning and Construction: issuance of building permits for places of worship, abstract, 2008

Act on buildability of land 2000

Rules on the construction of buildings in 2000

Law on Land Registry in 2007

Law on Spatial Planning and Construction 2008-2011 

Sustenance of the Clergy and Financing of Religious Communities

Laws and decrees

Health Insurance Act of 2004

Compulsory Health Insurance Act 2011

Law on health care, 2013

Contributions for compulsory social assistance, 2012

Law on Pension and Disability, 2013 

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Ministry for Human and Minority Rights. Criteria to grant financial assistance to religious communities in 2013 

Individual and Collective Religious Freedom and Minorities

Religious Assistance

Establishment of the Joint Committee that governs relations with the Islamic community in Montenegro

Law n. 46-10 on health care 

Cimiteri

Decision on cemeteries 2011

Law on monuments in memory of the dead 2008 

Emigration and labour

Laws and decrees

Law on foreigners 2008

Law on foreigners 2014

Law on foreigners 2016

Law on foreigners 2018

Labour Act 2008

Law at work – consolidated text 2012 

Teaching of Religion and Religious Schools

Laws and decrees

Textbooks in elementary school in 2010

Law on Primary Education at home, 2013

Law on primary school, Article 9, teaching of religion, 2011

General Law on Education in 2002 

Provisions of the Criminal Code

Codes

Criminal code 2008

Criminal code 2008 abstract

Criminal code 2010 

Laws and decrees

Public Order Act, 1994

Public Order Act, 2005

Law on peace and public order, 2011

Law on public meetings, consolidated 2011 

Family

Laws and decrees

Law on social protection of children 2013 abstract

Law that regulates the interruption of pregnancy 2009 

Provisions of the Civil Code

Laws and decrees

Law on Civil Procedure 2006 

Communication

Laws and decrees

Public Information Act 1998

Media Act, 2003 

Museums, Libraries, Archives and Cultural Heritage

Laws and decrees

Law on Protection of Cultural Heritage, 1994

Law protecting cultural heritage, 2010

Protecting the cultural heritage of Kotor 2011

Law on libraries, 2010

Law on museum activities, 2010

Law on National Parks, 2009 amended in 2011

Law on Protection of Cultural Monuments 91-94 

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Decision for the establishment of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in 1992 

Administration Policies and Procedures

Laws and decrees

Law on the issue of the identity card, 2007

Law on Civil Servants and State Employees 2012 abstract

Law on municipal services, 1995

Law on personal name 1993-1994

Law on birth registration, 2009

Law on Administrative Procedure 2011

Law on Administrative Procedure 2014