Constitutional Act No. 4/1993 Coll. of the Czech National Council, of December 15th, 1992, on Measures Related to the Dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic
The Czech National Council has resolved on the following Constitutional Act:
Article 1
(1) The constitutional acts, acts of law and other legal regulations of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic valid on the date of dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic in the territory of the Czech Republic shall remain valid and effective. However, it is not possible to use those provisions which are contingent only on the existence of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic and on the integration of the Czech Republic in it.
(2) Unless specified otherwise legislatively, the citizenship and territory of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic specifically linked to rights and obligations defined in constitutional acts, acts of law or other legal regulations adopted before the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic shall mean the citizenship and territory of the Czech Republic.
Article 2
In the event of any discrepancy between the legal regulations of the Czech Republic adopted before the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic and the legal regulations of the same virtue specified in Article 1, Section 1 herein, the legal regulations of the Czech Republic shall prevail.
Article 3
(1) Upon the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic all competencies of the Federal Assembly of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic and its Presidium pursuant to the regulations specified in Article 1, Section 1 shall be transferred to the Czech National Council and its Presidium.
(2) Upon the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic all competencies of the government of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic pursuant to the regulations specified in Article 1, Section 1 shall be transferred to the government of the Czech Republic.
(3) Upon the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic all competencies of central public administration authorities of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic shall be transferred to those central public administration authorities of the Czech Republic which have been established for this purpose pursuant to competency regulations of central public administration authorities or whose existing agenda corresponds with such competencies most. All problematic cases shall be determined by the government of the Czech Republic in the form of a directive.
(4) Unless specified otherwise legislatively, upon the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic all other public administration authorities of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic will be replaced by newly established public administration authorities of the Czech Republic to which individual competencies will be transferred pursuant to the regulations specified in Article 1, Section 1 herein.
(5) Upon the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic the competencies of the Supreme Court of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic and the General Office of Public Prosecution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, including the General Office of Military Prosecution, shall be transferred to the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic and the General Office of Public Prosecution of the Czech Republic pursuant to the regulations specified in Article 1, Section 1 herein. Upon the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic all circuit military courts of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic and circuit military prosecution offices of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic as well as all higher military courts of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic and higher military prosecution offices of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic shall be replaced by circuit military courts of the Czech Republic, circuit military prosecution offices of the Czech Republic, higher military courts of the Czech Republic and higher military prosecution offices of the Czech Republic newly established at the same locations for the same circuits, to which individual competencies will be transferred pursuant to the regulations specified in Article 1, Section 1 herein.
(6) All authorities of the Czech Republic established pursuant to Section 4 and the second sentence of Section 5 may be abolished and their competencies changed by an act of law.
Article 4
Upon the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic all proprietary and other rights and obligations of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic shall be transferred to the Czech Republic to the extent specified by the relevant constitutional act of law adopted by the Federal Assembly or by the relevant treaty concluded by the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. All rights and obligations transferred in this way shall be subject to legal regulations concerning the property of the Czech Republic and temporary management of national property. The competent central public authority shall be the Ministry of Finance.
Article 5
(1) The Czech Republic recognises all states and governments recognised by the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic upon the day of its dissolution.
(2) The Czech Republic assumes all rights and obligations of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic not specified in Section 4 resulting from international laws as of the date of dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, except for the rights and obligations of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic linked to those sovereign territories of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic which are not sovereign territories of the Czech Republic. This in no way affects any claim of the Czech Republic on the Slovak Republic resulting from international legal obligations of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic accepted by the Czech Republic pursuant to this provision.
Article 6
This Constitutional Act shall become effective on December 31st, 1992.