Act No. 60 / 1949 Coll.
Economic Planning Act (Planning Act)
Valid
Effective from 12.03.1949
60.
Law
of 22 February 1949
on economic planning (Planning Act).
The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic decided on the following Act:
Planning services.
(1) In order to ensure the management of all economic activity by the State on the basis of a single economic plan, a State office of planning located in Prague is established as the central body for economic planning and coordination and for the preparation of measures and decisions of the Prime Minister on economic matters (§ 88, paragraph 1, second sentence of the Constitution).
(2) In particular, matters relating to the production, circulation and consumption of goods and services, including transport and social services (social, health and cultural and educational care), matters relating to financial, price and wage, wages and pensions at all.
(3) Economic planning is carried out with regard to the whole and parts of the territory of the State and includes territorial planning.
(4) In particular, it is for the planning authority to:
(a) prepare draft economic plans and submit them to the Government;
(b) monitor and control the implementation of economic plans, ensure correct dimensions (proportions) in the development of individual sectors and sectors of the national economy and propose measures to eliminate emerging inequalities, identify reserves and unused capacity (options) and, according to the results found, propose effective measures;
(c) examine the various issues of the economy in the State and the development of production forces in its areas and develop proposals to address them, as well as guide the planning of the construction of regions, towns and municipalities;
(d) to direct and manage the planning method and technology, the planning service in all economic planning sections, including statistics and corporate accounting;
(e) monitor continuously the development of economic conditions within and outside the territory of the State;
(f) monitor and guide research according to economic planning needs.
(1) The State Planning Office is the central office. It is headed by the Minister - President of the State Planning Office, who is entrusted by the President of the Republic to manage it.
(2) The President shall be supported by a Planning Deputy, appointed by the President of the Republic on a proposal from the Government, in the management of the State Office.
(1) The advisory body of the President in the management of the State Planning Office is a central planning committee with a maximum of 15 members. The members of the Central Planning Commission are Deputy Chairman of the Planning Office, Chairman of the Slovak Planning Office (§ 4) and other economic experts appointed by the Government. The work of the Central Planning Commission shall be managed by the Chairman of the Planning Office.
(3) The details of the activities of the Central Planning Commission shall be laid down in a statute to be adopted by the Commission and approved by the Government.
(4) For the part-time work of economic planning, the President may set up expert committees and expert assemblies.
(1) As a regional planning body of the State Planning Office, a Slovak Planning Office, based in Bratislava, is established in Slovakia. The head of the Slovak Planning Office is the delegate - President of the Slovak Planning Office, which is entrusted by the Government to manage the Slovak Planning Office.
(2) The advisory body of the President of the Slovak Planning Office is the Slovak Planning Commission, which has a maximum of 15 members. The members of the Slovak Planning Commission shall be appointed by the board of delegates from among economic experts. The work of the Slovak Planning Commission is managed by the Chairman of the Slovak Planning Office. Paragraph 3 (3) and (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis, while the Statutes of the Slovak Planning Commission shall be approved by the Board of Authorisers.
The State Planning Office shall monitor and control the preparation and implementation of the economic plans by its agents who are independent of the lower authorities of the Planning Service.
(1) The central authorities participate in economic planning, management with regard to planning methods and techniques, by the State Planning Authority's directives.
(2) The central authorities are obliged to assist the public authority planning its tasks.
(1) Economic, trade union, interest and cultural, other organisation and services, as well as factors of production, circulation and consumption, are required to participate in the planning service where this is required by the performance of the tasks of the State office of the planning.
(2) The details shall be laid down by the Government by a regulation which may, in particular, lay down the principles for appropriate measures to be taken on the expense of those who have not complied with the obligation under paragraph 1.
(1) The authorities, the authorities of the people's administration, the institutes, the undertakings, the establishments, as well as the economic organisations and bodies involved in the planning service (§ 8 (1)) will establish appropriate organisational components in which the tasks of the planning service are concentrated.
(2) The procedure, scope and manner of carrying out the activities of these components are governed by the State Office's Planning Guidelines. The higher authorities of the planning service shall, within the limits of the provisions of this Act, direct the activities of these components.
All planning services are based on the widest initiative of the workers in carrying out their tasks.
The central authorities are required to have a preliminary discussion with the State Planning Office of all measures of a major nature, including legislative work, in so far as they affect economic planning subjects. This provision shall apply mutatis mutandis to the mutual relationship between the Slovak Planning Office and the competent authorities and officials in Slovakia.
(1) Each person shall be obliged to provide correctly, truthfully and in a timely manner all data, reports and proposals required by the planning service authorities for the purposes of his service either directly or indirectly by other authorities or authorities.
(2) In the performance of their service, the control authorities of the planning services shall have access to the commercial and operational rooms and warehouses, and to the apartments, as well as to the special orders of the State office of the planning, after the Slovak Planning Office, of the premises. The records, copies and other items necessary for the performance of their duties shall be presented to the inspection authorities. In the course of checks, it is important to save constitutional rules on the protection of personal and home freedom and the secrets of letters. The control authorities shall enjoy the planning services in the performance of the protection service belonging to the public authorities.
Transitional and final provisions.
(1) The General Secretariat of the Economic Council and the existing State Planning Office are hereby repealed and their responsibilities and the powers of the Economic Council shall, unless otherwise provided for in that Act or in its provisions, be transferred to the newly established State Planning Office, which shall also be transferred to the staff of the two repealed offices.
(2) The State Planning and Statistics Office in Bratislava is repealed and its staff are transferred to the Slovak Planning Office.
(3) The date to be determined by the Minister - President of the State Office of the Planning Order, but not later than 1 January 1950, shall also be the date on which the highest price office of the Ministry of Nutrition is to be abolished and the powers of the nutritionauthority in respect of price matters in accordance with the existing regulations shall cease. The government shall lay down the details, in particular as regards the staff of the highest price office, by regulation.
(4) The State Planning Office implements price planning, issues guidelines for the implementation of pricing policies and coordinates price-forming activities from the date of publication of this Act. The pricing activity shall be progressively transferred by government regulations to the competent central authorities, which may be entrusted to them by the authorities under their authority.
(5) The powers of the Prime Minister according to the Decree of the President of the Republic of 27 October 1945, No. 115 Coll., on Coal Management and Fuel Wood Management, and under the Law of 5 March 1946, No. 48 Coll., on Mineral Oil and Fuel Management, go to the Minister - Chairman of the State Planning Office.
(1) Those who infringe the provisions of this law or those issued pursuant to it, in particular those who do not send the requested message on time, make incorrect data or conceal the facts relevant to the planning service, shall be punished, unless more strictly criminal,
(a) in cases of minor seriousness, the authorities of the planning service shall, in so far as they have been authorised by an order fine of up to 10 000 CZK;
(b) in other cases, by the district national committee, a fine of up to 100,000 CZK or a prison (lock-down) within 6 months. In the event of non-compliance with the fine, a replacement sentence shall be imposed at the same time in accordance with the rate of guilt within 6 months.
(2) If the guilty party has committed an act pursuant to paragraph 1 (b) under aggravating circumstances or has already been lawfully convicted for such an act, the district national committee may, in addition to the fine, impose a prison sentence (lockdown) within 6 months. In such a case, the prison sentence (lockdown), together with the replacement sentence at liberty, shall not exceed 6 months.
(1) The Government shall lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of this Act by means of a regulation laying down, in particular, the powers of the Slovak Planning Office and the details of its relationship with the State Planning Office, determine the main principles under which national committees and organisations, departments and officials participate in economic planning (§ 8 (1)), lay down the details of the authority of the Planning Service under § 14 (1) (a) and the procedure for the imposition of order fines under this provision.
(2) The State Planning Office may, by means of a decree in the Official Journal, determine to what extent and how data, reports and proposals are to be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 12 (1).
(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the validity of any provisions contrary to its provisions, in particular the decree of the President of the Republic of 25 August 1945, No 63 Coll., on the Economic Council, the Government Order of 23 November 1945, No 144 Coll., on the composition, organisation and mode of action of the General Secretariat of the Economic Council, and the Government Order of 23 November 1945, No 145 Coll., on the composition, organisation and competence of the State Office of Planning shall be revoked.
(2) Until further adjustment is made, it shall be applied mutatis mutandis in accordance with the current regulations on the highest price authority and on the competence of the food delegation in price matters, following the case of the State Planning and Statistical Office in Bratislava.
This Act shall take effect on the day of its publication; it shall be carried out by all members of the Government.
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Petr v. r.
Dr. Ing.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 60 / 1949 Coll., on Economic Planning (Planning Act) |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 12.03.1949 |
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| Effective from | 12.03.1949 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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