Act No. 61 / 1954 Coll.
Law on Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly
Valid
Effective from 30.12.1954
Contents
Část I.
§ 1.
Část II.
§ 2.
§ 3.
§ 4.
§ 5.
§ 6.
Část III.
§ 7.
§ 8.
§ 9.
§ 10.
§ 11.
§ 12.
§ 13.
§ 14.
Část IV.
§ 15.
§ 16.
§ 17.
§ 18.
§ 19.
§ 20.
§ 21.
§ 22.
§ 23.
§ 24.
§ 25.
§ 26.
§ 27.
§ 28.
§ 29.
§ 30.
§ 31.
§ 32.
§ 33.
Část V.
§ 34.
§ 35.
§ 36.
§ 37.
§ 38.
§ 39.
§ 40.
Část VI.
§ 41.
§ 42.
§ 43.
§ 44.
§ 45.
§ 46.
Část VII.
§ 47.
§ 48.
§ 49.
Část VIII.
§ 50.
Část IX.
§ 51.
§ 52.
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61.
Law
of 14 December 1954
the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly.
The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic decided on the following Act:
Initial provision.
(1) The Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly lay down the fundamental principles of the proceedings of this High Representative Council of the Czechoslovak People, lay down the rights and obligations of Members of the people elected and of the people responsible and regulate the contacts of the National Assembly with the Government and on the outside at all.
(2) The internal circumstances and other rules of procedure of the National Assembly are governed by their own resolution within the framework of these Rules of Procedure.
National Assembly meetings and constituent meetings.
The meeting of the National Assembly shall be convened, adjourned and declared the President of the Republic (Section 49 of the Constitution).
The newly elected National Assembly shall convene the current Bureau of the National Assembly for a constituent meeting no later than four weeks after the election date.
(1) Before the election of the Bureau of the National Assembly, the oldest Member shall head the constituent meeting of age.
(2) The President shall take the oath of Members and make the election of the President, Vice-Presidents and other members of the Bureau.
Once the new Bureau has been elected, the new President-elect shall take over the proceedings of the meeting, accept the pledge of the still-President Member and make available the choice of the minutes and the election of the mandate committee.
The President of the former National Assembly or one of its Vice-Presidents shall then report on the Bureau's activities during the period from the end of the last meeting of the National Assembly (Section 66 of the Constitution).
National Assembly.
The National Assembly bodies shall be:
1. the Bureau of the National Assembly,
2. the Bureau of the National Assembly,
3. President of the National Assembly,
4. Committees,
5. Receptors.
Bureau of the National Assembly.
(1) The Bureau of the National Assembly has 24 members and consists of the President, Vice-Presidents and other members (Section 63 of the Constitution).
(2) The President and Vice-Presidents shall form the Bureau of the National Assembly.
Bureau of the National Assembly:
1. exercises jurisdiction in matters reserved for it by the Constitution (§ 46 (3), § 49 (3) last sentence, § 52 (2), § 55 (2), § 65, § 66, § 78, § 83 (2), § 84 (3), § 87 (2) and § 91 (2) of the Constitution),
2. Discuss government proposals and, depending on the nature of the case, proposals and initiatives of its or committees, unless they have been ordered to discuss them to a committee;
3. give a binding interpretation of the Rules of Procedure,
4. establish the order in which the Vice-Presidents shall represent the President.
The President of the National Assembly.
The Bureau shall manage the other work of the National Assembly and ensure that it is properly run, unless these work is reserved to the President of the National Assembly, in particular:
1. Orders the committees to make government proposals and, depending on the nature of the case, other proposals and initiatives, unless they are set aside for consideration by the Bureau or the National Assembly itself,
2. Decides whether or not the initial proposals of Members are to be the subject of the meetings of the National Assembly and, if so, either discuss them and report them to the National Assembly or order them to the committee responsible for the discussion and submission of the report;
3. Negotiates proposals, initiatives, resolutions, petitions and such as have been decided not to be the subject of the National Assembly's deliberations;
4. monitor and guide the activities of committees and Members and provide them with universal assistance in the performance of their tasks;
5. Determines when the National Assembly will meet and propose a agenda for the meeting,
6. decide on Members' applications for leave,
7. the draft budget of the National Assembly shall be decided on the expenditure under the budget and on the right of reference;
8. A resolution on the press of proposals shall be made,
9. It is decided on the organisation of the Office of the National Assembly and on its Regulations of Employment.
Chairman of the National Assembly.
In particular, the powers of the President of the National Assembly shall include:
1. convene and manage meetings of the National Assembly and meetings of the Bureau;
2. represent the National Assembly externally,
3. to sign the laws (§ 60 (2) of the Constitution) and measures of the Bureau of the National Assembly (§ 66 (6) of the Constitution),
4. report to the National Assembly on the activities of the Bureau pursuant to Article 66 (7) of the Constitution.
Committees.
(1) The National Assembly shall establish the following standing committees: constitutional, budgetary and economic, foreign, mandates and other standing committees, as appropriate.
(2) The National Assembly may set up temporary committees to discuss certain issues.
(3) The National Assembly shall determine the number of members of each committee; elect them from among themselves.
The committees shall discuss matters which they are ordered by law, the National Assembly, the Bureau or the closer Bureau, as well as matters which they deal with on their own initiative.
Receptors.
The minutes shall be responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the minutes of the meetings of the National Assembly and shall assist in determining the results of the votes and in holding the elections in the National Assembly.
Negotiations in meetings and committees of the National Assembly.
Meetings.
The subjects of the National Assembly are:
1. draft laws based either on the Government or on Members;
2. the State Budget and the State Final Account,
3. the State Plan for the Development of the National Economy of the Republic,
4. international agreements of a political and economic nature, as well as contracts for which the law is required;
5. the government programme submitted to the National Assembly after its appointment,
6. the proposals, statements and reports of the Government and the members of the Government,
7. reports and suggestions by the President of the Republic and his comments on the laws;
8. Proposals, initiatives and reports of the Bureau, the Presidency, the President and the Committees of the National Assembly,
9. Proposals, initiatives and exchanges (queries) of Members,
10. the conduct of elections in the National Assembly.
(1) The National Assembly, acting on a proposal from the Bureau, shall establish the agenda and the way in which each item of the agenda is to be discussed. It may also fix time limits for speakers.
(2) At the same time, it may decide to divide a debate on certain items of the agenda, in view of their gravity, into a full debate and a detailed debate.
(1) The speakers shall take the floor with the President until the end of the debate has been reached or the President has given the final word to the rapporteur.
(2) Speakers are generally given the floor in the order of their applications.
(3) Every speaker has the right to speak in his mother tongue.
(1) A Member who deviates from the present case or infringes the rules or the seriousness of the proceedings of the National Assembly shall call the President to order. When repeated, the President may withdraw the floor, in serious cases excluding it from the meeting.
(2) The National Assembly shall decide on any objections to any of these measures by simple voting without debate.
The national assembly shall be eligible for a resolution if at least one third of all Members are present and the agreement of an absolute majority of those present is required for the validity of the resolution if the Constitution does not require a higher majority.
(1) The vote is usually taken by raising your hand. The President may add up the votes if there are doubts as to the outcome of the vote.
(2) According to names, the vote shall be taken in the cases provided for by the Constitution and in those cases where the National Assembly so decides by simple voting without debate.
(1) The National Assembly shall decide on the proposals of Members relating to the manner and order of votes by simple ballot without debate.
(2) If the order of vote has not been so decided, it shall be determined by the President.
After determining the manner and order of the vote, the vote shall be taken on the subject-matter of the hearing, first voting on amendments.
(1) National Assembly meetings are generally public.
(2) The National Assembly may, on a proposal from its President or on a proposal from the Government or its member, decide by simple ballot without debate that the meeting is not public.
The resolution of the National Assembly and the documents issued by it shall be signed by the President and the Registrar.
A minutes and a shorthand report shall be drawn up for each meeting of the National Assembly. The minutes shall be verified by the Chairman and the Registrar.
Committee meetings.
(1) The Committee shall be convened and managed by a member of the Committee appointed by the President of the National Assembly until the Committee elects its chairman.
(2) At the constituent meeting, the Committee shall elect a chairman, a vice-chairman and a writer from among its number.
(1) The task of the Committee is to examine the matter in a general manner, to make use to the widest extent of the experience and ideas of the working people, to provide a detailed report on the outcome of the deliberations of the Committee and thus prepare a proper discussion at the National Assembly.
(2) The committees shall submit their own initiatives to the Bureau of the National Assembly.
(3) In their activities, the committees are based on the initiative of their members and on the assistance of cooperation (§ 29 (1)).
Committees may, with the agreement of the Bureau, set up commissions to prepare certain questions. The composition of the commissions shall be determined by the Committee in such a way as to ensure a comprehensive assessment of the question ordered. The Committee shall designate one of its members as Chairman of the Commission. The other members of the Commission may not be members of the Committee.
(1) The Committee may, with the agreement of the Bureau, recruit other co-workers, both Members who are not members of the Committee and other staff, in particular scientists, experts, staff of the state and economic apparatus and representatives of the organisations of the working people.
(2) Members who are not members of the Committee may be present at the Committee's meetings if they have not been declared secret. They have an advisory vote.
The Committee may request, with the agreement of the Bureau, explanations, information and opinions from the public authorities and other bodies as well as other material needed for its deliberations. On the same condition, it may carry out an on-the-spot survey of the activities of these authorities. His commission has the same authority.
The Committee shall be able to act if at least half of its members are present. An absolute majority of those present are needed for the validity of the resolution. The Chairman of the Committee may participate in the debate and make proposals. Proposals may be submitted orally with the agreement of the President. Otherwise, the rules applicable to the meetings of the National Assembly shall apply mutatis mutandis to committee meetings.
Committee meetings are private. On a proposal from the President of the National Assembly, the Government or its member or the Chairman of the Committee, the deliberations of the Committee may be declared secret.
Committees and their commissions are also active at a time when the National Assembly does not sit down.
Negotiations on bills.
Proposals may be submitted by the Government or Members.
(1) Proposals by Members or individual Members (initiative proposals) must contain a precise wording of what the National Assembly is to decide on and must be accompanied by a budget on their financial implications and a proposal for reimbursement of the necessary costs (Section 57 of the Constitution).
(2) The Bureau of the National Assembly shall decide whether an initiative is to be the subject of negotiations. If the Presidency rejects the initiative, Members (Members) may request that the proposal be placed on the agenda of the next meeting of the National Assembly. Such a request shall be decided by the National Assembly by simple ballot without debate.
Government bills and initiatives to become the subject of the meetings of the National Assembly shall be ordered by the Bureau to the committee responsible, unless they are reserved for consideration by the Bureau of the National Assembly or the National Assembly itself.
Draft laws shall be printed and delivered to Members.
(1) When discussing an ordered draft law, the committee shall decide how the ordered draft law is to be discussed, whether, in view of the nature of the proposal, a commission is to be set up and other co-workers are to be added to the deliberations.
(2) Representatives of the relevant central authorities should always be invited to the committee meetings to discuss the government bill.
(1) In order to discuss the draft law of the mandated committee, the chairman or, if objections are raised, the committee shall, by a resolution of the rapporteur, which shall normally also report to the National Assembly on the outcome of the committee's deliberations. In the case of particularly comprehensive bills, the sub-rapporteur and the main rapporteur may be set up.
(2) Where several committees discuss the same draft law, the rapporteur or rapporteurs agreed upon by the Committee Chairs may report; If not evaluated, the rapporteur shall be designated by the President of the National Assembly.
Otherwise, the provisions of Part IV apply to the negotiations on the draft law.
Members.
(1) Members have the right to submit to the National Assembly draft laws and other proposals resulting from their activities as representatives of the people.
(2) Members are entitled to ask questions about the government and its individual members. They shall have the same right with regard to the Bureau and the Bureau of the National Assembly. Questions may be written or oral.
(3) Members shall have the right to request from public authorities and other bodies the explanations necessary for the performance of their duties.
(4) Members of the national committees and all citizens and workers' organisations support and assist Members in their work.
(1) Members shall be obliged to attend all meetings and works of the National Assembly, in particular to attend meetings of the National Assembly and its committees and commissions to which they have been elected.
(2) If a Member cannot attend the meetings or the work of the National Assembly or its bodies, he must apologise.
(3) A Member may apply for leave for serious reasons. The Bureau shall decide on the granting of leave.
(1) Members maintain the closest connection with workers. They are required to file regular accounts and report on the activities of the National Assembly to their constituents. In particular, Members are obliged to explain to voters the importance of the laws approved by the National Assembly and to help the state and economic authorities and citizens maintain the laws. Members verify in daily life how the laws are implemented and how they are proven.
(2) Members are obliged in their work to take into account the proposals, complaints and wishes of citizens and to apply in the National Assembly the experience gained in contact with citizens. In close cooperation with the national committees and the organisations of the working people, they help to implement the laws and resolutions of the parties and governments, especially by acquiring citizens of their constituencies to perform the tasks of socialist construction and by developing the creative forces of workers.
Regional association of Members and Council of Members.
(1) In the interests of the best possible performance of their work, Members elected in constituencies in the territory of the same regional (central) national committee in the regional association of Members shall be brought together regardless of their place of residence and place of work.
(2) The Regional Assembly of Members shall elect from among its number a Bureau composed of the President, its representative and the Secretary.
(3) At the meetings of the Regional Assembly of Members, directives for the work of Members in their constituencies and in the region and the coordination of their work are discussed.
The Presidency of the National Assembly and the representatives of the regional associations of Members shall form the Council of Members of the National Assembly. Each regional association of Members shall send one representative to the Council of Members. The Presidency may also invite other Members to the Council of Members.
(1) The Council of Members shall assist the Bureau in ensuring the proper functioning of its work in the National Assembly, in regulating the work of regional associations of Members and in monitoring and coordinating the activities of Members in the constituencies.
(2) The work of the Council of Members shall be managed by the Bureau.
(3) Meetings of the Council of Members are convened and managed by the President of the National Assembly.
Government contact.
(1) Members of the Government may attend all meetings of the National Assembly. They shall be given the floor whenever they so request, including on statements which are unrelated to the agenda.
(2) A member of the Government is obliged to appear in person at the National Assembly meeting if the National Assembly so decides. Otherwise, he can be represented by an official of his office (§ 55 of the Constitution).
(1) Paragraph 47 applies mutatis mutandis to the participation of members of the Government in meetings of the Bureau of the National Assembly and of the Committees.
(2) The delegates may attend meetings of the Bureau of the National Assembly and of the Committees with the agreement of the Minister responsible. Whenever they ask, they will be given the floor on matters falling within their field of competence.
(3) Representatives seconded by members of the Government may attend meetings of the Bureau of the National Assembly and of the Committees and the President may give them the floor.
The Prime Minister and the other members of the Government shall be obliged to answer questions from Members within 30 days at the latest.
National Assembly office.
(1) The Office of the National Assembly, which is directly subordinate to the President of the National Assembly, is an auxiliary body of the National Assembly and its Bureau. She leads by a manager who has a deputy.
(2) The Office of the National Assembly also provides comprehensive organisational technical assistance to committees and individual Members in the performance of their tasks.
Final provisions.
Contents
Část I.
§ 1.
Část II.
§ 2.
§ 3.
§ 4.
§ 5.
§ 6.
Část III.
§ 7.
§ 8.
§ 9.
§ 10.
§ 11.
§ 12.
§ 13.
§ 14.
Část IV.
§ 15.
§ 16.
§ 17.
§ 18.
§ 19.
§ 20.
§ 21.
§ 22.
§ 23.
§ 24.
§ 25.
§ 26.
§ 27.
§ 28.
§ 29.
§ 30.
§ 31.
§ 32.
§ 33.
Část V.
§ 34.
§ 35.
§ 36.
§ 37.
§ 38.
§ 39.
§ 40.
Část VI.
§ 41.
§ 42.
§ 43.
§ 44.
§ 45.
§ 46.
Část VII.
§ 47.
§ 48.
§ 49.
Část VIII.
§ 50.
Část IX.
§ 51.
§ 52.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 61 / 1954 Coll., on Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly |
|---|---|
| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 30.12.1954 |
|---|---|
| Effective from | 30.12.1954 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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