Constitution

Texts

Constitution 1992 – 2002

Charter of Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1991

Constitution 1993 

Constitutional laws

Law on the Constitutional Court 1993

Resolution of the Constitutional Court nr. 242/2010 on the adaptation of property relations with the land and other assets

Decision of the Constitutional Tribunal no. 177/2013 on the cancellation of the law n. 428/2012 for compensation of properties to churches and religious societies 

Religious Communities

National and international agreements

Imperial patent proclaiming the conclusion of the Concordat with the Apostolic See signed on 18 August 1855

Modus vivendi between HOLY SEE and the Czechoslovak Republic in 1927

Modus vivendi 1928

Note the Czechoslovak Government on Modus Vivendi 1928

Agreement on the pastoral service 1999

Cooperation agreement between the Czech Ministry of Defense, the Ecumenical Council of Churches and the Bishops’ Conference in 1998

Agreement between the Holy See and the Czech Republic on regulation of mutual relations in 2002 

Laws and decrees

Notification no. 8-c38 / 1970 – Notice of issue of general legislation

Establishment of the state office for ecclesiastical affairs 1949

Religious associations in 1949

Law enacted by the National Council of the Czech Socialist Republic regarding the Institution of Ministries 1969

Law on the confessions and religious societies in 2002

Recognition religious denominations in 1954

Law concerning the association of citizens in 1990

Law on churches and religious societies, as amended by the Constitutional Court 2005

Regulation modifying the government ordinance no. 566/2006 on the payment of personal services of churches and religious societies 2009

Law no. 84/1990 on freedom of assembly

Law on freedom of religious belief and status of Churches and Religious Societies 1991

Law on registration of Churches and Religious Societies 1992

Grant of Public Consent for the exercise of religious/ spiritual activities 1975

Law on Religious Freedom, legal status of Churches and Religious Societies 1991 

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Ordinance no. 223/1949 on the economic security of religious societies by the state

Ordinance no. 222/1949 of the government on the Orthodox Church and relations with the State

Ordinance no. 221/1949 on the economic security of the Evangelical Churches by the State

Ordinance no. 220/1949 on the economic security of the Church by the State

Ordinance no. 219/1949 on the economic security of the Roman Catholic Church by the state

Ordinance no. 218/1949 on the economic security of Churches and religious societies by the State

Ecclesiastical Affairs Office 1949 217

Ecclesiastical Affairs Office 1949 – 228

Organization of the confessions on the territory

Authorization 10886/1956 for the activity of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Activities permitted for the Adventist Church 1956

Activities permitted for the Church of believers in Christ 1956

Activities permitted for the New Apostolic Churches 1956

Abolition of the State Office for Ecclesiastical Affairs 1956  

Statutes and Internal Rules

Statute of the czech bishops’ conference 2002 

Bodies And Church Properties

Confiscation, Restitution and Compensation of Properties of Religious Communities

Federal Assembly Act no. 92/1990 on the conditions for the transfer of ownership from the state to other people

Act of the Czech National Council on notaries and their activities in 1992

Law on ownership of land and other farm assets

Changing the law on agricultural properties

Restitution of church property in 2012

Association of Catholic Hospital Chapters 2012

Change in the laws concerning the return of confiscated land

Law on allocation of properties to churches and religious groups 2012

Law 198 of compensation to the victims of communism in 1993

Law on regulation of property relations 42/1992

Law on the conditions for the transfer of ownership of agricultural land and woodlands from the state to third parties 1999

Law on the reduction of some property damage created by the Holocaust 2000

Compensation for damages suffered from 1939 to 1945 for religious or racial convictions 2000

Repair of damages suffered by the Jewish community 2000

General Binding Regulation of the Czech Bishops’ Conference dealing with Church Property Management 2001

Law no. 428/2012 on the composition of churches and religious societies’ properties and on the amendment of some laws

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Regulation no. 29-1996 

Construction of Worship And Urban Planning

Laws and decrees

 Law of 30 June 1999 on the cadastral census 

Sustenance of the Clergy and Financing of Religious Communities

Laws and decrees

Sustenance of the Clergy 1929 – 219

Law no. 116/1945 which modifies the salaries of the clergy of recognized churches and religious communities

Law no. 167/1946 on the salary adjustment of the clergy of churches and religious societies recognized and accepted by the state and on the salary allowance for the annual income of the lower clergy

Act n°218/1949 on state funding of churches and religious associations

Decree no. 121/1950 which establishes the salary rules for lay religion teachers

Government ordinance no. 70/1968 on the economic security of the Greek Catholic Church by the State

Notice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs no. 120/1976 on the international pact of civil and political rights and on economic, social and cultural rights abstract

Government order no. 47/1981 on the adaptation of personal services provided by the State to churches and religious societies

Law no. 16/1990 amending the ordinance no. 218/1949 on the economic security of churches and religious societies by the state

Government regulation no. 578/1990 on the adjustment of personal services

Government ordinance no. 86/1993 on personal services provided to churches and religious societies

On income tax, as amended, and some other 2000 abstract laws

Decree n. 383/2013 establishing a model form for presenting data from accounting issues, issued pursuant to the law on the composition of properties with churches and religious communities

Legal Statement of the National Council no. 307/1990 on ecclesiastical real estates

Law no. 71/2002 on real estates taxes abstract

Law on successions and donations 1992 abstract

Law no. 588/1992 on income tax abstract

Opinion of Finance Ministry no. 93/1993 on fiscal exemption from imported merchandise’s

Law 588/1992 on the application of VAT to religious groups

Law 298/1990 on the regulations of some property relations of ordinary orders and combinations and Archdiocese of Olomong

Government Decree no. 86/1993 on personal checks granting to members of Churches and Religious societies

Ministry of Interior Regulation no. 207/2000 on bookkeeping and amendment to several acts

Ministry of Interior Law no. 301/2000 on bookkeeping and amendment to several acts

Government Regulation no. 566/2006 on the payment of the personal services of churches and religious societies 

Individual and Collective Religious Freedom and Minorities

Religious assistance

Application of the Minister of Justice no. 1/1957 on the full formulation of the penal code

Act No. 220/1999 Coll. on the course of the national military service or alternative service and military manoeuvres and on some legal aspects of the status of reserve soldiers

Regulation no. 110/1990 of the Ministry of Justice execution order on imprisonment

Law on civil service abstract 1992

Foreign Ministry Communication No. 209/1992 on the European Agreement for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Agreement on the legal position of refugees and the additional protocol abstract 1993

Law on Custody Service 1993

Regulation no. 109/1994 about the order of execution of the penitentiary regulation abstract

Agreement on Spiritual Service in Prisons 1998

Order of the Minister of Defence on the establishment of the spiritual service 1999

Law on the detention service 1999

Law on Regular Soldiers 1999

Law on civil protection abstract 1999

Law against discrimination 2006

Law on denationalization 2007

Agreement with the Episcopal Conference on spiritual service in prisons 2008

Amendments to the Religious Assistance Agreement to Armed Forces in 2012 – Original document

Agreement of spiritual service in prison, Ecumenical Council of Churches of the Republic 2013 

Measures

Right to petition 1990

Law of 20 April 1995 on the State Statistical Service

Privacy statement integrated text to 2010

Detecting statistical service

Ordinance of the Director-General of the Republican Penitentiary Service 2015

Amendment no. 388/2016 to Decree No. 232/2002

Ordinance of the Director-General of the Prison Service of the Czech Republic 2017

Cemeteries

Decree no. 19/1988 on the procedure for death and funeral

Law on funerals 2001

Amendments to some law on cemeteries 2001

Law no. 256/2001 on funerals and amendments to specific provisions modified by law no. 479/2001

Law no. 122/2004 on war graves and worship places amending  law no. 256/2001

Law 193/2017 on funerals and amendments to some provisions

Law no. 277/2017 on municipal provisions in order to guarantee a decorous burial

Emigration and labour

Laws and decrees

Labor Code 1965 abstract

Law 326-30 November 1999 on the residence of foreigners in the territory of the Czech Republic

Accounting law 1991

Law on the export of articles of cultural value 1994

Law on the right to asylum and amendments to the law n. 283/1991 on the police and subsequent amendments 1999

Law on residence permits for foreigners abstracts

Law amending the employment law 1999 Abstract 

Teaching of Religion and Religious Schools

Laws and decrees

Decree no. 14/1948 on the training of religion teachers in general schools and municipalities

Decree no. 112/1950 on the regulation of theological faculties

Law no. 123/1950 which corrects a typographical error in decree no. 112/1950 on theological faculties

Act no. 84/1995

Law no. 29/1984 of the Federal Assembly, on the system of elementary schools, middle and high schools – law on education abstract

On religious education in elementary schools 1997

Notice of the Ministry of Education on school equipment 1995

Notice of the Ministry of Education on pension insurance in high schools or universities 1998

Legal status of private and confessional universities 1998

Law of 22 April 1998 on the University and on amendments to certain other laws of the university

Law no. 561/2004 on the system of kindergartens, primary and secondary schools – law on education 

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Teaching theology in 1950

Law on theological faculties 1990

Law on state administration and self-administration in the 1990 educational system

Notice from the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on the salaries of religion teachers 1990

On the establishment and functioning of religious schools and schools of religious communities 1991

Decree of the Minister of Culture on the teaching of religion 

Provisions of the Criminal Code

Codes

Criminal Code 1961

Changes to the 1990 Criminal Procedure Code

Criminal code as amended in 2000 abstract 

Family

Laws and decrees

Law that regulates the interruption of pregnancy 1957

National Assembly on People’s Health 1966 abstract

Law no. 94/1963 on Family amending art. 4a-4c, art. 10

Law that regulates the interruption of pregnancy pregnancy 1986

Communication no. 104/1991 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Convention on the Rights of the Child abstract

The family act as amanded with 315/2004

Family Code 2006

Communication

Laws and decrees

Law on the regulation of advertising 1995

Law on free access to information 1999

Law on non-periodic publications 1995 abstract

Law on radio and television broadcasts and on the change of some acts 2001

Law amending certain laws in relation to the adoption of the law on electronic identity 2017 

Museums, Libraries, Archives and Cultural Heritage

Laws and decrees

Law on copyright and on the change of some other acts 2000

Notice from the Ministry of Culture no. 117/1991 on information from public abstract productions 

Administration Policies and Procedures

Laws and decrees

Law no. 194/1949 on the acquisition and loss of Czechoslovakian citizenship

Regulation no. 42/1953 on wages, pensions and certain social benefits

Law of 29 June 1967 on the administrative direction

Law no. 114/1988 on the powers of the authorities of the Czech Socialist Republic in matters of social security abstract

Law n.564/1990 the Czech National Council on State Administration and autonomous

Law no. 367/1990 of the Czech National Council of 4 September 1990 on the municipal statutes

Law on public benefit societies 1995

Amendment of Article 23 of Law no. 200/1990 on administrative crimes and art. 49 of law n. 273/2001

Notice from the Ministry of Agriculture on the packaging of vines or grape-based products abstract 2000

Law on the granting of a driving license and the use of headgear for religious reasons 2000 abstract

Government Regulation no. 502/2000 on health protection against the harmful effects of noise and vibrations abstract

Law on public collections and on the change of some deeds 2001

Amendment to the law of execution of the 2008 security detention

Law no. 81/1991 on associations and political parties

Law on the release of identity documents 1999

Law on the protection of personal data and on the change of some deeds 2000

Law no. 85/1990 on the abstract petition right

Decision no. 202/1990 of the National Council on lotteries and other similar games abstract

Law on the acquisition and loss of citizenship 2013

Animal protection

Laws and decrees

Law on the protection of animals and against mistreatment 1992

Notice on the method of marking food and tobacco products 1997

Notice from the Ministry of Health on veterinary requirements for products of animal origin 1999