Constitution
Constitutional laws
Religious Communities
National and international agreements
Modus vivendi between HOLY SEE and the Czechoslovak Republic in 1927
Note the Czechoslovak Government on Modus Vivendi 1928
Agreement on the pastoral service 1999
Agreement between the Holy See and the Czech Republic on regulation of mutual relations in 2002
Laws and decrees
Establishment of the state office for ecclesiastical affairs 1949
Religious associations in 1949
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
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. 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
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
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 reduction of some property damage created by the Holocaust 2000
Compensation for damages suffered from 1939 to 1945 for religious or racial convictions 2000
Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars
Construction of Worship And Urban Planning
Laws and decrees
Sustenance of the Clergy and Financing of Religious Communities
Laws and decrees
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
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
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
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
Individual and Collective Religious Freedom and Minorities
Religious assistance
Regulation no. 110/1990 of the Ministry of Justice execution order on imprisonment
Law on civil service abstract 1992
Agreement on the legal position of refugees and the additional protocol abstract 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 civil protection abstract 1999
Law against discrimination 2006
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
Law of 20 April 1995 on the State Statistical Service
Privacy statement integrated text to 2010
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
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
Teaching of Religion and Religious Schools
Laws and decrees
Decree no. 112/1950 on the regulation of theological faculties
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
Law on theological faculties 1990
Law on state administration and self-administration in the 1990 educational system
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
Family
Laws and decrees
Communication
Laws and decrees
Museums, Libraries, Archives and Cultural Heritage
Laws and decrees
Administration Policies and Procedures
Laws and decrees
Regulation no. 42/1953 on wages, pensions and certain social benefits
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
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
Law on the granting of a driving license and the use of headgear for religious reasons 2000 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