Rules of Procedure of the Chamber of Deputies - Index

Part One - Initial Provisions
Part Two - Deputies
The Mandate of a Deputy
The Oath of a Deputy
A Deputy’s identification card
End of the Mandate
Participation in the Sittings of the Chamber of Deputies and its Bodies
The Right to Request Information and Explanations
Waiving the immunity of a Deputy for Criminal Prosecution
Disciplinary Proceedings
Procedural Measures
Part Three - The Session of the Chamber of Deputies
Part Four - The Constitutive Meeting of the Chamber of Deputies
Part Five - Officials of the Chamber of Deputies
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies
Part Six - The Bodies of the Chamber of Deputies
Committees
Committee meetings
The Mandate and Immunity Committee
The Steering Committee
The Electoral Committee
Commissions
Commission of Inquiry
Part Seven - The subject-matter of deliberations and rules applicable to meetings of the Chamber of Deputies
Powers
Convocation of meetings of the Chamber of Deputies
Meetings of the Chamber of Deputies
Minutes of the Meetings of the Chamber of Deputies
Part Eight - Voting in the Chamber of Deputies and its Bodies
Voting at plenary meetings of the Chamber of Deputies
Polling Methods
Open Vote
Secret Vote
Voting Results
Part Nine - Political Groups
Part Ten - Joint Session of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate
Part Eleven - Vote of Confidence in the Government
The Government’s Request for a Vote of Confidence
Proposal for a Vote of No-confidence in the Government
Part Twelve - Deliberation of Bills
Presentation of Bills
The First Reading of a Bill
The Second Reading of a Bill
The Third Reading of a Bill
The Participation of the Senate and the President of the Republic in Legislative Process
The Legislative Process during a State of Legislative Emergency
The Legislative Process Implementing Resolutions of the UN Security Council on Actions Securing International Peace and Security
The Legislative Process during a State of Emergency or Belligerency
Part Thirteen - Deliberation of the Law on the State Budget
Tabling of the draft Law on the State Budget
The First Reading of the draft Law on the State Budget
The Second Reading of the draft Law on the State Budget
The Third Reading of the draft Law on the State Budget
Part Fourteen - The Publication of Acts of Law
Part Fifteen - Deliberation of International Treaties
Part Fifteen A - Deliberation of European Union Affairs
Actions on the Grounds of Infringement of the Principle of Subsidiarity by an Act of the European Union
Part Fifteen B - Expedited Deliberation in Matters Related to the Security of the Czech Republic
Part Sixteen - Interpellations
Verbal Interpellations
Written Interpellations
Part Seventeen - Petitions and other Proposals Presented by Citizens
Petitions
Other Proposals Presented by Citizens
Part Eighteen - Election and Nomination Methods
Part Nineteen - The Office of the Chamber of Deputies
The Tasks of the Office of the Chamber of Deputies
Selected Employment-Related Provisions
Part Twenty - The Parliamentary Guard
Part Twenty-One - General, Transitional and Concluding Provisions
Annulling Provisions
Effective Date

Appendix No. 1

The Rules of Procedure of the Commissions of Inquiry

General Provisions
The Commission’s Chairperson
The Commission’s Vice-Chairperson
The Commission’s Secretary
Basic Principles of the Commission’s Meetings
Information Provision
The Vote
Meeting Minutes
Witnesses
The Obligation to Testify
Interrogation Prohibition
The Right to Refuse to Testify
The Interrogation of a Witness
Witness Fee
Surrender of Items
Experts
The Use of an Expert

The Preparation of an Expert Opinion
The Interrogation of an Expert
Defective Expert Opinions
Institutional Expert Opinions
Summons and Arraignment
Delivery
Protocol

Appendix No. 2

The Rules of Electoral Procedure Applicable to all Elections Organised by the Chamber of Deputies and to all Nominations Requiring the Chamber’s Consent

The Electoral Commission
The Election of the Chamber’s President and Vice-Presidents and the Chairpersons of the Chamber’s Committees and Commissions
The Election of the Chamber’s President
The Election of the Chamber’s Vice-Presidents
The Election of the Chairpersons of the Chamber’s Committees and Commissions
Joint Provisions for the Elections Pursuant to Sections 14 through 30
Nomination of the Chamber’s Verifiers
The Establishment of Committees and Commissions and the Election of Commissions
The establishment of committees (commissions) in compliance with the principle of proportional representation
The Election of Commissions Pursuant to the Principle of Majority
Joint Provision Applicable to the Establishment of the Chamber’s Committees (Commissions) and the Election of the Chamber’s Commissions
The Establishment of the Steering Committee
The Election Pursuant to Special Regulations
Secret Ballot
Open Ballot
Joint Provisions
Selected Amended Provisions



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