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Constitutional Act No. 57/1969 Coll., that amends the Constitution and the Constitutional Act No. 81/1968 Coll., on Elections of Judges

The Constitutional Act was adopted on 5 June 1969 and came into effect on 1 July 1969. The amendment of the Constitution regulated national committees and defined them as organs of the state power and administration in the districts, which will be determined by the laws of the National Councils. The levels and types of national committees as well as their status, jurisdiction and organization were prescribed, within the limits of the constitutional acts of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, by the laws of the National Councils.

The Constitutional Act that temporarily governed the elections of judges dealt with the elections of judges in relation to the federalization of the state. Judges authorized to sit on the special panels conducting the review procedure pursuant to the Act on Judicial Rehabilitation were elected to the Supreme Court and the Higher Military Courts by Federal Assembly, to the Regional Courts in the Czech Socialist Republic by the Czech National Council and to the Regional Courts in the Slovak Socialist Republic by the Slovak National Council.

The Constitutional Act further determined that the President and the Vice-Presidents of the District Courts and Regional Courts were appointed and dismissed, upon the proposal of the relevant Minister of Justice, by the Presidium of the Czech National Council in the Czech Socialist Republic and by the Presidium of the Slovak National Council in the Slovak Socialist Republic. Until the Constitutional Act on the Organization of Courts and Public Prosecution was enacted, the National Councils might have prescribed necessary changes with regard to the seats and jurisdiction of courts and public notaries by laws.

The Constitutional Act was abolished on 1 January 1970 by the Constitutional Act No. 155/1969 Coll. regulating the organization of courts and public prosecution.