Act No. 320 / 1948 Coll.

Law on Territorial Organisation of Regional and District Courts

Valid Effective from 01.02.1949
320.
Law
of 22 December 1948
on the territorial organisation of regional and regional courts.
The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic decided on the following Act:
§ 1.
Regional courts.
(1) The seat of the Regional Courts is at the seat of the Regional National Committees; Circuits of regional courts are those of regional national committees.
(2) By way of derogation from the provisions of paragraph 1, the Minister of Justice may, by regulation, designate the seat of the Regional Court in a place outside the seat of the Regional National Committee.
§ 2.
County courts.
(1) The seats and districts of the District Courts, following the case of the District Courts with jurisdiction exclusively in civil judicial matters of general or criminal law, are identical to those of the District National Committees, to the districts of local national committees which exercise the jurisdiction of the District National Committees.
(2) The Minister of Justice is hereby authorised to:
1. establish the offices and districts of the district courts according to that principle;
2. by way of derogation from this principle, it has established the seat of the District Courts in places outside the seat of the District National Committee and has established district courts with jurisdiction for two or more districts of the District National Committees (local national committees which exercise the jurisdiction of the District National Committees) or for parts thereof.
§ 3.
The changes to be made under this law in the territorial organisation of regional and regional courts shall apply mutatis mutandis to the territorial organisation of public authorities.
§ 4.
Civil matters of law and criminal matters in which proceedings have not been completed before the date of the entry into force of this law before the Regional and District Courts, shall be referred, if necessary, to the competent court, in substance and locally, by the parties.
§ 5.
All provisions contrary to the provisions of this Act shall be repealed. In particular:
1. the Ordinance of Ministers of the Interior, Justice and Finance of 21 April 1854, No 103 and 104, and of 9 October 1854, No 274, on the Political and Judicial Organisation of the Marcrabism of the Moravian, the Duchy of the Hor- and Dolnosley and the Kingdom of the Czech Republic,
2. Law of 11 June 1868, No 59, on the organisation of district courts,
3. Law of 26 April 1873, No 62, on the procedure for changes in the districts of the Choir Courts of the I. stools.
§ 6.
This Law shall take effect on 1 February 1949; It shall be implemented by the Minister of Justice in agreement with the participating members of the Government.
Gottwald v. r.
Dr John v. r.
Zaporocký v. r.
Dr Cap v. r.

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Regulation Information

CitationAct No. 320 / 1948 Coll., on Territorial Organisation of Regional and District Courts
Regulation Type-
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation31.12.1948
Effective from01.02.1949
Effective until-
Status Valid
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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