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Constitutional Act No. 155/1969 Coll., that amends the Czechoslovak Constitution

The Constitutional Act was adopted on 17 December 1969 and came into effect on 1 January 1970. It regulated the judicial system and public prosecution in relation to the federalization of the state. The judiciary consisted of the Czechoslovak Supreme Court, supreme courts of the republics, regional and district courts and military courts. Within the ordinary judiciary the traditional four-stage system, developed under the monarchy and abolished in 1949, was renewed by the establishment of the supreme courts of the republics. The Czechoslovak Supreme Court ruled on the ordinary legal remedies against the decisions of superior military courts, on complaints for violation of the law against the supreme courts of the republics and all military courts. Next, the Czechoslovak Supreme Court reviewed the lawfulness of inflicted death penalties and recognized foreign judicial decisions.

The Federal Assembly elected the chairman, the deputy chairman and, for the ten years term, also the judges of the Czechoslovak Supreme Court and professional judges of military courts. Judges of the supreme courts of the republics and professional judges of regional and district courts were elected by the National Council for the term of ten years. Judges of the people of the regional and district courts were elected by the regional and district national committees for the term of four years. Judges might have been dismissed by those who elected them.

Public prosecution was divided into four stages – Czechoslovak General Public Prosecution, general public prosecutions of the republics and regional and district public prosecutions. Czechoslovak General Prosecutor was appointed and recalled by the president. General prosecutor of the republic was appointed and recalled by the Presidium of the National Council of the republic on the proposal of the Czechoslovak General Prosecutor. Czechoslovak General Prosecutor was accountable to the Federal Assembly that might propose its dismissal to the president of the republic. General prosecutor of the republic was accountable to the National Council.