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

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

Modus vivendi between HOLY SEE and the Czechoslovak Republic in 1927

Modus vivendi 1928

Note the Czechoslovak Government on Modus Vivendi 1928 

Laws and decrees

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

Organization of the confessions on the territory

Ecclesiastical Affairs Office 1949 217

Ecclesiastical Affairs Office 1949 – 228 

Statutes and Internal Rules

Statute of the czech bishops’ conference 2002 

Bodies And Church Properties

Confiscation, Restitution and Compensation of Properties of Religious Communities

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

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

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

Repair of damages suffered by the Jewish community 2000  

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

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

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

 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

Law on Custody Service 1993

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

Law on the detention service 1999

Law on Regular Soldiers 1999

Law on civil protection abstract 1999 

Measures

Right to petition 1990

Law of 20 April 1995 on the State Statistical Service

Privacy statement integrated text to 2010

Detecting statistical service 

Cemeteries

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

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

Teaching of Religion and Religious Schools

Laws and decrees

 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

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

Family Code 2006

The family act as amanded with 315/2004

Law that regulates the interruption of pregnancy 1957

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

Law that regulates the interruption of pregnancy pregnancy 1986 

Communication

Laws and decrees

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 

Administration Policies and Procedures

Laws and decrees

Law of 29 June 1967 on the administrative direction

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

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

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