Act No. 269 / 2024 Coll.
Act amending Act No. 275 / 2012 Coll., on the Choice of the President of the Republic and amending certain laws (Act on the Choice of the President of the Republic), as amended, and other related laws
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THE LAW
of 21 August 2024
amending Act No. 275 / 2012 Coll., on the election of the President of the Republic and amending certain laws (Law on the election of the President of the Republic), as amended, and other related laws
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:
Amendment to the law on the election of the President of the Republic
Act No. 275 / 2012 Coll., on the election of the President of the Republic and on the amendment of certain laws (Act on the election of the President of the Republic), as amended by the Act No. 340 / 2013 Coll., the statutory measure of the Senate No. 344 / 2013 Coll., Act No. 58 / 2014 Coll., Act No. 114 / 2016 Coll., Act No. 222 / 2016 Coll., Act No. 322 / 2016 Coll., Act No. 90 / 2017 Coll., Act No. 38 / 2019 Coll. and Act No. 89 / 2024 Coll., is amended as follows:
1. In Paragraph 21, at the end of paragraph 1, the sentence "A Member or Senator may be part of only one group of proposing Members or proposing Senators."
2. Paragraph 21 (3) reads as follows:
"(3) The Ministry of the Interior shall publish without undue delay following the submission of a candidate list on its website intended for elections:
(a) an overview of Members and Senators who have submitted or joined the already submitted candidate lists;
(b) information which a Member or Senator is part of more than one group of proposing Members or proposing Senators;
(c) the information proposed by the candidate by Members or Senators;
(d) the name and surname of the proposing citizen and the information proposed by the candidate. ';
3. In Article 21, paragraphs 4 to 7 are added:
"(4) The termination of the mandate of a Member or Senator or the position of the proposing citizen following the lodging of a candidate document shall not be taken into account.
(5) Until the expiry of the deadline for the submission of the application form, the Member or Senator may join the list already submitted.
(6) If, after the expiry of the period for the submission of the nominee, a Member or Senator is part of more than one group of proposing Members or proposing Senators, he shall be regarded as not being part of any group of proposing Members or proposing Senators.
(7) If there is no or only 1 candidate list or if no or only 1 candidate list is registered, a new election of the President shall take place. The Ministry of the Interior shall immediately inform the President of the Senate and, if the office of President of the Senate is not filled, the President of the Chamber of Deputies. "
4. Article 23, including the title, reads:
Electronic petition to support candidacy
(1) If the nominating citizen is not simultaneously a candidate, the consent of the candidate to use the electronic identification device issued under the qualified electronic identification system at least at the level of the guarantee shall be required to establish an electronic petition. The candidate may also give his consent by means of a public authority contact point, in person or in paper form, with his officially certified signature; the consent shall include a statement that the candidate agrees to establish an electronic petition to support his or her candidacy in the election of the President and details of the proposed citizen and candidate within the scope of the name, surname and number of the identity card or passport, indicating the type of document concerned.
(2) If the proposing citizen mentioned in the electronic petition renounces his or her status or loses his / her capacity to be a proposing citizen, he / she becomes a proposing citizen.
(3) The consent of the candidate shall be required to remove the electronic petition. The petition will also be removed by withdrawing the candidate's consent to the electronic petition. The consent of the candidate to remove an electronic petition or to withdraw the consent of the candidate to establish an electronic petition may be given in the same way as the candidate referred to in paragraph 1 gives his consent to the establishment of an electronic petition.
(4) An extract from an electronic petition based on support for its candidacy under the Election Management Act may also be created by a candidate. "
5. Paragraph 25, including the title, reads:
Formats and scrutiny of the petition to support the candidacy
(1) A paper petition shall be attached to the candidate list if the proposed citizen collected signatures using paper signatures. The paper signature sheets must be numbered. The heading of the petition and the heading of each of its numbered signature sheets shall indicate the fact that the petition is intended to support the candidate's candidacy, his name and surname and the year of birth and the year of election of the President. Any citizen supporting the candidate's candidacy shall indicate on the signature sheet his name, surname, date of birth and the ID card or passport number indicating the type of document concerned and shall attach his own signature.
(2) If the number of petitions recorded on the electronic petition is at least 50 000, the condition of support for the candidate's candidacy proposed by the proposing citizen under Paragraph 21 (1) is fulfilled.
(3) If the number of petitions recorded on the electronic petition does not amount to at least 50 000, the Ministry of the Interior shall determine the total number of complete entries on the paper petition and on the electronic petition. The total number shall not include the entry shown on the signature sheet of a paper petition which is not accompanied by the header in accordance with paragraph 1, or if one of the particulars referred to in paragraph 1 of the fourth sentence is missing or is given incompletely. If the figure thus established is less than 50 000, the condition of support for the candidate's candidacy proposed by the proposing citizen pursuant to Paragraph 21 (1) is not fulfilled.
(4) If the total number of complete records established in accordance with paragraph 3 is at least 50 000, the Ministry of the Interior shall check the accuracy of the data on paper petitions, while at the same time verifying whether the controlled petitioners are citizens entitled to vote for the President of the Republic and whether they are listed only once for the petition to support the candidate's candidacy. If a multiple occurrence of the same petitioner is detected for a petition to support the candidate's candidacy, it shall be counted only once. If the Ministry of the Interior ascertains the correctness of the data for such a number of citizens entitled to vote for the President of the Republic, which, in addition to the number of petitions recorded on the electronic petition, is at least 50 000, the condition that the candidate proposed by the nominating citizen under Paragraph 21 (1) is supported is met.
(5) A petition or a part of a petition lodged after the deadline for the lodging of the application shall not be taken into account. The defects in the petition cannot be healed. "
6. Paragraph 65, including the title, reads:
Synergies of the Ministry of Interior in protection proceedings concerning the registration of a candidate list
The Supreme Administrative Court may, in proceedings for protection in respect of the registration of a nominee, require the Ministry of the Interior to carry out a repeated check of petitions in support of a candidate in accordance with § 25 (2) to (4) to the extent and under the conditions specified by the court in the decision. '
Transitional provision
Act No. 275 / 2012 Coll., as effective before the date of entry into force of this Act, shall apply to the choice made before the date of entry into force of this Act.
Amendment to the Election Management Act
Act No. 88 / 2024 Coll., on the Administration of Elections, is amended as follows:
1. In the last sentence of Paragraph 22 (6), the words "and in the instrument for compiling electronic petitions' are deleted.
2. In Article 22, at the end of paragraph 6, the sentence "Data from electronic petitions on who set up the electronic petition, on candidates and on petitions shall be kept in the electronic petitions compilation tool for a period of 3 months from the date of publication of the overall election result by the State Electoral Commission."
3. Article 27, including the title, reads:
Electronic petition compilation tool
(1) In the instrument for the compilation of electronic petitions, those who intend to file a candidate list and, in accordance with the relevant election law, need to join a petition to support the candidate, or in the elections to the municipal councils to support the association of independent candidates, to set up an electronic petition, to make it available to the electorate for signature and to create an electronic extract from the petition. The creation of an electronic petition is without prejudice to the possibility of collecting signatures also under a paper petition.
(2) Only 1 electronic petition can be established for the same candidate. An electronic petition can only be created for the next option. If, under the relevant electoral law, the next election is held before the deadline set for holding the election due to the expiry of the term, the petition may be used for this election.
(3) The creation of an electronic petition in the electronic petit compilation tool is possible using an electronic identification device.
(4) An electronic petition may also be established through a public administration contact point.
(5) In the instrument for the compilation of electronic petitions, the signature under the petition shall be replaced by a statement of petit support certified using an electronic identification device. The statement of support cannot be withdrawn.
(6) The declaration of support may be collected on the electronic petition until the submission of the candidate list, but no later than the expiry of the deadline for the submission of the candidate list.
(7) The information system shall make the following data publicly available from the electronic petitions compilation tool:
(a) particulars of the heading of the petition under the relevant election law;
(b) the name and surname of the person who initiated the electronic petition;
(c) the current number of petitions recorded on the electronic petition.
(8) He who has established an electronic petition may make an extract of this electronic petition. The extract shall contain the particulars of the header of the petition and the details of the petitions laid down for the petition by the relevant election law. The extract shall not contain data on petitions which will not reach the age of 18 at election date. ';
Amendment to the Act amending electoral and certain other laws in connection with the adoption of the Election Management Act
In Article IX of Act No 89 / 2024 Coll., amending Election Act and certain other laws in connection with the adoption of the Election Management Act, points 8, 9, 13 to 17 and 51 are deleted.
REPEAL PROVISIONS
Act No 411 / 2022 Coll., on special voting arrangements in the election of the President of the Republic in 2023 is hereby repealed.
EFFECTIVE
This Act shall take effect on 1 January 2026.
Pekarová Adamová v. r.
Pavel v. r.
Fiala v. r.
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| Citation | Act No. 269 / 2024 Coll., amending Act No. 275 / 2012 Coll., on the Election of the President of the Republic and amending certain laws (Act on the Election of the President of the Republic), as amended, and other related laws |
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| Regulation Type | Law |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 19.09.2024 |
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| Effective from | 01.01.2026 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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