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57/1969 Coll.

CONSTITUTIONAL ACT

of 5 June 1969

that amends selected provisions of the Constitution and the Constitutional Act No. 81/1968 Coll.

The Federal Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic has enacted the following Constitutional Act:

PART ONE

Sec. 1

The Constitution, in the wording of the following constitutional acts, is amended as follows:

1. Art. 86 para. 1 reads as follows:

“[1] The national committees are the organs of state power and administration in the districts, which will be determined by laws of the National Councils.”

2. Art. 91 reads as follows:

“The levels and types of national committees as well as their status, jurisdiction and organization are prescribed, within the limits of the constitutional acts of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, by laws of the National Councils.”

PART TWO

Sec. 2

The Constitutional Act No. 81/1968 Coll., that temporarily governs selected issues of the elections of judges, is amended as follows.

1. Art. 1 para. 1 reads as follows:

“[1] Judges authorized to sit on the special panels conducting the review procedure pursuant to the Act on Judicial Rehabilitation are elected with regard to the Supreme Court and the Higher Military Courts by the Federal Assembly, with regard to the Regional Courts in the Czech Socialist Republic by the Czech National Council and with regard to the Regional Courts in the Slovak Socialist Republic by the Slovak National Council.”

2. Art. 2 reads as follows:

“Judges of the Regional Courts and judges of the District Courts are elected, and eventually dismissed, in the Czech Socialist Republic by the Czech National Council and in the Slovak Socialist Republic by the Slovak National Council. With regard to the elections of judges of the District Courts, the provisions on the election of judges of the Regional Courts apply mutatis mutandis.”

PART THREE

Sec. 3

The Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the District Courts and the Regional Courts are appointed and dismissed, upon the proposal of the relevant Minister of Justice, in the Czech Socialist Republic by the Presidium of the Czech National Council, and in the Slovak Socialist Republic by the Presidium of the Slovak National Council.

PART FOUR

Sec. 4

As long as the constitutional act on the organization of courts and public prosecution [prokuratura] is not enacted pursuant to Art. 145 of the Constitutional Act No. 143/1968 Coll., on the Czechoslovak Federation, the National Councils may prescribe necessary changes with regard to seats and jurisdiction of courts and public notaries by [ordinary] laws.

Sec. 5

[1] This Constitutional Act shall enter into force on 1 July 1969.

[2] Sections 2 and 3 [of this Constitutional Act] become ineffective on the day when the constitutional act on the organization of courts and public prosecution [prokuratura] enacted pursuant to Art. 145 of the Constitutional Act No. 143/1968 Coll. enters into force.