Decree of the Ministry of Interior No. 87 / 1964 Coll.
Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior on driving licences
Valid
Effective from 01.07.1964
87
DECLARATION
Ministry of Interior
of 21 May 1964
on driving licences
The Ministry of the Interior shall, in agreement with the participating central authorities pursuant to Article 16 (1) (a) of Government Decree No. 54 / 1953 Coll., on road traffic, as amended by the legal measure of the Bureau of the National Assembly No. 13 / 1956 Coll.:
Category of driving licences
(1) Driving licences are entered on the driving licence. Their groups shall be entitled to drive motor vehicles within the scope set out in paragraph 2.
(2) Group A:
Motorcycles with or without side-cars.
Motor tricycles and similar motor vehicles with an unladen weight not exceeding 400 kg.
Carriages for disabled people. *)
Group B:
Motor vehicles, excluding motorcycles with or without side-cars, of a gross weight not exceeding 3500 kg and, if intended for the transport of persons, motor vehicles with a maximum of 8 seats excluding the driver's seat.
A light trailer (semi-trailer) may be connected to the motor vehicles of this group.
Group C:
Motor vehicles with an overall weight exceeding 3500 kg, unless intended for the transport of persons.
A light trailer (semi-trailer) may be connected to the motor vehicles of this group.
Group D:
Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, unless they belong to Group A and B.
A light trailer (semi-trailer) may be connected to the motor vehicles of this group.
Group E:
Category B, C or D motor vehicles for which the driver is entitled to drive and to which a trailer (semi-trailer) other than light is attached.
Group M:
Small motorcycles (of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cm3).
Group T:
Agricultural tractors.
Mobile working machinery, if not in group C.
A trailer (semi-trailer) may be connected to the motor vehicles of this group.
(3) The light trailer (s) is a trailer whose total weight does not exceed 750 kg.
(4) Category C driving licence also authorises the driving of category B and T. Driving licence of group D also authorises the driving of category B, C and T. In addition, the driving licence of any category allows the driving of category M.
(5) The driving authorisation may be limited to individual types of motor vehicles belonging to the group concerned; it must be so restricted if the applicant for a driving licence complies only with the conditions laid down for a particular type of motor vehicle or for a particular motor vehicle.
Conditions for driving certain categories or types of motor vehicles
(1) Driving licence for motor vehicles of the group D can only be granted to drivers with a category C driving licence, which is over 21 years of age and can demonstrate experience in driving category C motor vehicles in the last two years.
(2) Driving licences for category E motor vehicles may be granted only to drivers with category B, C or D driving licences; drivers with category B or C driving licences must demonstrate practice in driving vehicles of the group concerned in the last year.
(3) Fire protection motor vehicles and medical and mining emergency services using a special warning signal may be driven by a driver with a driving licence for the driving of motor vehicles of the group concerned, who is over 21 years of age and who has demonstrated experience in driving motor vehicles of that group over the last two years.
Scope of validity of existing driving licences
(1) Driving licences granted on the basis of earlier rules apply to the following extent:
(a) the driver's driving licence in Class I or Class II authorises the driving of category A, B, C, D, E, M and T motor vehicles;
(b) the driver's driving licence in Class III authorises the driving of category A, B, C, E, M and T motor vehicles;
(c) the driving licence of the driver of a passenger car authorises the driving of category B and category M motor vehicles;
(d) the driving licence of a motorcycle driver entitles the driving of category A and M motor vehicles;
(e) the tractor driver's driving licence authorises the driving of motor vehicles of categories M and T;
(f) the driving licence for driving small motorcycles authorises the driving of category M motor vehicles.
(2) Restrictions on driving licences registered in the driving licence under the earlier rules continue to apply.
Age of drivers
(1) Driving authorisation may only be granted to a person over the age of 18. Driving licences to drive category A and T motor vehicles may be granted to a person over 17 years of age. Driving licences for category A motor tricycles and for disabled persons, driving licences for disabled persons and driving licences for motor vehicles of category M may be granted to a person over 15 years of age.
(2) Persons under the age of 18 may be granted a driving licence to drive motor vehicles referred to in the second and third sentences of paragraph 1 only with the written consent of its legal representative.
Physical and mental ability to drive motor vehicles
(1) The physical and mental capacity of the applicant for a driving licence is determined by a medical examination which the applicant must undergo before the start of the training.
(2) An applicant for a driving licence may not be admitted for training if he has been diagnosed with a medical examination for a disease or defect for which he is unable to drive a motor vehicle.
(3) If a medical examination has identified a disease or a defect for which the applicant for a driving licence may be recognised only partially capable of driving motor vehicles or capable of driving a motor vehicle specifically technically modified, the district transport inspector shall restrict the driving licence to match the ability to drive a motor vehicle safely. The county transport inspector may also order a review of the physical or mental capacity of such a driver within certain time limits.
(4) Regular medical examinations shall be subject to:
(a) professional drivers of all motor vehicles, drivers who own category D driving licences and drivers of motor vehicles fire protection, medical and mining rescue services, who use special warning signs every two years; they are required to undergo an inspection once a year after 50 years of age;
(b) other holders of driving licences after 60 years of age and again after 65 and 68 years of age. From 68 years of age, these holders are required to undergo a medical examination every two years. The report on the outcome of the medical examination shall be submitted within 6 months of the date of reaching the age limits of the transport inspector of the District Department of Public Security responsible for the place of permanent residence; in Prague, Bratislava, Brno, Ostrava, Pilsen and Košice, the Transport Inspectorate of the City Administration of Public Security.
(5) A driver who has been ordered to examine physical or mental capacity within certain time limits (§ 6 (3)) and a driver whose physical or mental capacity arises with reasonable doubt (§ 13 (1)) is required to undergo a medical examination at the request of the county transport inspector.
(6) The detection of the physical and mental capacity of applicants for driving licences and medical examinations of drivers of motor vehicles shall be carried out by the driving doctor responsible for the workplace according to specific regulations; in other cases, the district doctor responsible for the place of residence.
Training of applicants for a driving licence
(1) The applicant for a driving licence must undergo training in a training establishment.
(2) Before entering training, the applicant for a driving licence shall submit to the training establishment:
(a) a duly completed application stating that it is not unreliable to drive motor vehicles (Section 7 (1));
(b) a medical examination report (§ 6 (1));
(c) a certificate of driving practice if necessary (§ 3 (1));
(d) if the applicant is under 18, the written consent of the legal representative (§ 5 (2)).
(3) If an applicant for a driving licence for category A, B or M motor vehicles cannot, on imperative grounds, participate in training in a training establishment, he may be trained individually. Individual training shall be authorised by the district traffic inspector at the driver's reasoned request; the documents referred to in paragraph 2 shall be attached to the application. The driver shall have at least two years of experience in driving the motor vehicles of the group concerned; its competence to drive motor vehicles may be tested.
Professional competence to drive motor vehicles
(1) The competence of the applicant for a driving licence shall be ascertained by examination
(a) road traffic regulations;
(b) teaching on motor vehicles and their maintenance;
(c) driving.
Issue of a driving licence
After a successful examination, the district transport inspector shall issue a driving licence with a insert to the applicant for a driving licence. In this insert, the public security authorities display more serious traffic offences. The driver shall be entitled to issue a new insert six months after the last marked offence.
Extension of the driving licence
If a driver who already has a driving licence wants to drive a motor vehicle which is not covered by his or her driving licence, he or she must undergo additional training and testing within the prescribed range. However, supplementary training shall not be supported by a category D driving licence applicant (Section 3 (1)); the applicant for category E driving authorisation (Section 3 (2)) is not subject to additional training or test.
Obligations of the licence holder
(1) The holder of a driving licence is required to properly keep the driving licence and the liner issued with it, must carry it when driving the motor vehicle and submit it to the transport authority on request. *)
(2) The holder of a driving licence may not make any entries, changes or repairs in the driving licence or in the insert.
(3) The licence holder is obliged to notify the district traffic inspector in whose territory he is resident within 5 days of the loss of the driving licence or liner as well as the change of residence or other facts on the licence; the loss may also be reported to the nearest county transport inspector.
Examination of the physical and mental ability to drive motor vehicles and proficiency checking of motor vehicles
(1) If there are serious reasons for this, the district transport inspector may decide to examine the driver's physical or mental capacity by medical examination (§ 6 (5)) or to check his competence to drive motor vehicles.
(2) According to the results of the examination or examination, the district transport inspector may decide to restrict or withdraw the licence. The decision may provide for conditions for the abolition of restrictions or for the return of a driving licence, for example in the absence of professional competence to drive motor vehicles, new training, etc.
(3) The limitation or withdrawal of only one licence registered in the driving licence shall be recorded by the district transport inspector in the driving licence. When all the driving licences registered in the driving licence are withdrawn, the driver must submit the driving licence to the district traffic inspector in whose district he is resident.
(4) According to paragraphs 2 and 3, the lack of professional competence to drive motor vehicles identified in the driving licence extension test (§ 11) shall be treated mutatis mutandis.
Withdrawal of a driving licence for loss of reliability for motor vehicles
(1) If a criminal court prohibits the driving of motor vehicles, the driver loses his driving licence for a specified period.
(2) The County Transport Authority may decide to withdraw a driving licence if the driver is unreliable in driving motor vehicles (§ 7 (1)). The County Transport Inspectorate shall, at the driver's reasoned request, examine whether the imreliability to drive motor vehicles continues. The application may be lodged no later than six months after the decision to withdraw the licence. If the district traffic inspector finds that the inreliability to drive motor vehicles continues, the driver may submit a new application after a further six months.
(3) Before returning a withdrawn driving licence, the district transport inspector may decide to examine the driver's physical or mental capacity by medical examination or to check his professional competence for driving motor vehicles (Section 13).
(4) The prohibition on driving imposed by a court or the withdrawal of a driving licence, which has been decided by a county transport inspector, shall only be recorded in one of the driving licences registered in the driving licence by the county transport inspector in the driving licence. In other cases, the driver must hand over his driving licence to the district inspector in whose district he is resident.
Withdrawal of a driving licence
(1) If there is reason to expect
- the imposition of a ban on driving by a court (Paragraph 14 (1)),
- withdrawal of the licence by the county transport inspector
for loss of physical or mental ability to drive motor vehicles (Section 13 (2)),
for loss of competence to drive motor vehicles (Section 13 (2)),
for loss of reliability for driving (Section 14 (2)),
or where it is suspected that the registration, amendment or repair has been unlawfully carried out in the driving licence (Section 12 (2)), the public safety authority may withhold the driving licence.
(2) A driving licence may be detained even if road safety would be compromised by the next journey.
(3) The County Transport Authority may decide not to return the driving licence retained pursuant to paragraph 1 before the final decision. If an offence is committed, the competent prosecutor's consent shall be required; before the final decision, the driving licence may be returned only with the consent of the prosecutor or the court.
Foreign rides
(1) A driving licence issued in accordance with Paragraph 2 (1) also authorises driving abroad if the driver goes to the State which recognises the driving licence. Otherwise, the driver must have an international driving licence issued by the Ministry of Interior on the basis of a Czechoslovak driving licence. The international driving licence shall be valid for one year from the date of issue and shall not apply to driving in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
(2) However, the driving licences of categories M and T do not apply to driving abroad.
Validity of foreign driving licences for motor vehicles in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
(1) On the basis of a driving licence issued abroad, a motor vehicle may be driven in the Czech Republic only if the driving licence corresponds to the model in Annex 9 to the Convention on Road Traffic, signed in Geneva on 19 September 1949, the model in Annex 6 to the Convention on Road Traffic, signed in Vienna on 8 November 1968, or the model in Annex I to Council Directive 91 / 439 / EEC of 29 July 1991 on driving licences. If the driver does not have a Czech driving licence (§ 2 (1)), he may also drive on the basis of an international driving licence issued abroad which corresponds to the model in Annex 10 to the Convention on Road Traffic, signed in Geneva on 19 September 1949, the model in Annex 7 to the Convention on Road Traffic, signed in Vienna on 8 November 1968, or on the basis of an international driving permit issued abroad which corresponds to the model in Annex E to the International Convention on Motor Vehicles, signed in Paris on 24 April 1926.
(2) On the basis of driving licences issued abroad, a citizen of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic who has arrived abroad may drive a motor vehicle in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for a maximum period of six months from the date of crossing the state borders.
(3) Driving licences issued abroad will be replaced by a county transport inspector for a Czechoslovak driving licence (§ 2 (1)) after examination of the applicant from the road traffic rules.
Trams and trolleybuses
The right to drive trams and trolleybuses shall be granted by the relevant organisations (urban transport undertakings, etc.) in accordance with specific regulations issued by the Ministry of Transport in agreement with the Ministry of Interior.
Transitional provisions
(1) Driving licences granted under previous rules to persons who do not reach the age limit laid down in Paragraph 5 (1) on 1 July 1964 remain valid.
(2) Drivers who have been able to drive non-public buses in accordance with the previous regulations with the entitlement of the driver of the 3rd class may drive such vehicles until 31 December 1964 at the latest. If, within that period, they prove to the employer that they had been driving such buses before 1 July 1964, they shall be granted the district transport inspector's licence of category D.
(3) The authorisations to drive trams and trolleybuses granted on the basis of earlier rules remain valid.
(4) Coupons for driving licences issued under earlier rules are to be valid as inserts. More serious traffic offences are characterised by § 10.
Repeal
Paragraphs 58 to 71, 112 and 113 (1) (a) of Decree No 145 / 1956 of the Ú. l., on road traffic, and 55 (3) of Decree No 141 / 1960 Coll., which issue road traffic rules, are repealed.
Efficacy
This Decree shall take effect on 1 July 1964.
Minister of Interior:
Strougal v. r.
*) A motor vehicle with an unladen weight not exceeding 300 kg and a maximum speed of 30 km / h, which is designed and constructed (not only adapted) for the needs of disabled persons and is generally used by such persons.
*) Guidelines of the Ministry of Health for determining the physical and mental capacity of drivers for driving licences and for conducting preventive medical examinations of drivers of motor vehicles and trams, No 32 / 1963 Coll. NV (amount 17 of 1963).
*) Uniform syllabus of training for motor vehicle drivers published in an amount of 157 Official Journal of 1953, as an official communication from the Ministry of Transport published in an amount of 65 Official Journal of 1954.
*) § 47 of Decree No. 141 / 1960 Coll., which issues road traffic rules.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Ministry of Interior No. 87 / 1964 Coll., on driving licences |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 27.05.1964 |
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| Effective from | 01.07.1964 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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