Constitutional Law No. 144 / 1968 Coll.
Constitutional Law on the status of nationalities in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Valid
Effective from 01.01.1969
144
CONSTRUCTION LAW
of 27 October 1968
on the status of nationalities in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
bearing in mind that the working people of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, which is the source of all state power, form Hungarian, German, Polish and Ukrainian nationalities together with the Czech and Slovak peoples in a common country and in an inseparable association, and that these nationalities, in the spirit of the National Front's policy, participate creatively in the development of the country and develop their own forms of national life,
in order to further deepen and consolidate brotherly coexistence and solidarity between nations and nationalities and to guarantee national participation in state power and to provide effective guarantees of further development,
It has been decided in this constitutional law:
In the spirit of socialist democracy and internationalism, the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, as a common state of the Czech and Slovak nations and nationalities living in its territory, ensures Hungarian, German, Polish and Ukrainian nationalities of universal development.
The nationalities shall be represented in the representative corps and in other elected bodies as appropriate to their frequency.
(1) Citizens of the Hungarian, German, Polish and Ukrainian (Russian) nationalities shall, to the extent appropriate to the interests of their national development and under the conditions laid down by the laws:
(a) the right to education in their language;
(b) the right to universal cultural development;
(c) the right to use their language in official contact in areas inhabited by the relevant nationality;
(d) the right of association in national cultural social organisations;
(e) the right to be printed and the information in their language.
(2) The scope and conditions of the rights referred to in paragraph 1 are laid down by law.
(1) A citizen freely decides his nationality according to his own conviction.
(2) Jurisdiction of any nationality cannot be detrimental to any citizen in applying it in political, economic and social life.
(3) All forms of pressure towards denationalisation shall be prohibited.
(1) This constitutional law will be implemented by the laws of the Federal Assembly and the laws of the National Councils.
(2) The laws of the National Councils also provide for the setting up of bodies to ensure the exercise of national rights.
Article 25 of the Constitution (Constitutional Act No. 100 / 1960 Coll.) is deleted.
This constitutional law shall take effect on 1 January 1969.
Freedom v. r.
Srkovský v. r.
Ing. Cernik v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Constitutional Act No. 144 / 1968 Coll., on the status of nationalities in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 04.11.1968 |
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| Effective from | 01.01.1969 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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