C O D E O F C R I M I N A L P R O C E D U R E O F T H E C Z E C H R E P U B L I C Table of Contents PART ONE Common Provisions (Sections 1 – 156) CHAPTER ONE General Provisions (Sections 1-12) CHAPTER TWO Court and Persons Participating in Proceedings (Sections 13-51b) SUBDIVISION ONE Competence and Jurisdiction of Courts (Sections 13-26) SUBDIVISION TWO Complementary Personnel (Sections 27-29) SUBDIVISION THREE Exclusion of Authorities Involved in Criminal Proceedings (Sections 30-31a) SUBDIVISION FOUR Accused Person (Sections 32-34) SUBDIVISION FIVE Defence Counsel (Sections 35-41) SUBDIVISION SIX Parties Concerned (Section 42) SUBDIVISION SEVEN Aggrieved Person (Section 43-49) SUBDIVISION EIGHT Agent of the Party Concerned and the Aggrieved Person (Sections 50-51a) SUBDIVISION NINE Access to Classified Information (Section 51b) CHAPTER THREE General Provisions on Acts in Criminal Proceedings (Section 52- 66) SUBDIVISION ONE Letters of Requests (Sections 53-54) SUBDIVISION TWO Protocol (Sections 55-58) SUBDIVISION THREE Submissions (Section 59) SUBDIVISION FOUR Time Limits (Section 60-61) SUBDIVISION FIVE Process Serving (Sections 62-64a) SUBDIVISION SIX Inspection of Documents (Section 65) SUBDIVISION SEVEN Disciplinary Fine (Section 66) CHAPTER FOUR Seizure of Persons, Items and Other Assets (Sections 67-88a) SUBDIVISION ONE Custody (Sections 67-74a) SUBDIVISION TWO Apprehension (Sections 75-77) SUBDIVISION THREE Prohibition of Travel Abroad (Section 77a) SUBDIVISION FOUR Surrender and Removal of Items, Seizure of Financial Resources, Booked Securities, Real Estate and other Asset Values (Sections 78- 81b) SUBDIVISION FIVE House and Personal Search, Search of Other Premises and Parcels, Entry to Residence, Other Premises and Parcels (Sections 82-85c) SUBDIVISION SIX Interception and Opening of Consignments, their Replacement and Monitoring (Sections 86-87c) SUBDIVISION SEVEN Interception and Recording of Telecommunications (Sections 88-88a) CHAPTER FIVE Evidence (Sections 89-118) SUBDIVISION ONE Testimony of the Accused (Sections 90-96) SUBDIVISION TWO Witnesses (Sections 97-104) 1 SUBDIVISION THREE Some Special Methods of Evidence (Sections 104a- 104e) SUBDIVISION FOUR Experts (Sections 105-111) SUBDIVISION FIVE Questioning by the Means of a Video-conference Device (Section 111a) SUBDIVISION SIX Material and Documentary Evidence (Section 112) SUBDIVISION SEVEN Examination (Sections 113-118) CHAPTER SIX Decision (Sections 119-140) SUBDIVISION ONE Judgment (Sections 120-133) SUBDIVISION TWO Resolution (Sections 134-138) SUBDIVISION THREE Full Force and Effect and Enforceability of a Decision (Sections 139-140) CHAPTER SEVEN Complaints and Proceedings Thereon (Sections 141-150) CHAPTER EIGHT Costs of Criminal Proceedings (Sections 151-156) PART TWO Pre-trial Proceedings (Sections 157-179h) CHAPTER NINE Procedure Prior to Initiation of Criminal Prosecution (Section 158- 159b) CHAPTER TEN Initiation of Criminal Prosecution, Further Procedure and Summary Pre-trial Proceedings (Sections 160-179h) SUBDIVISION ONE Initiation of Criminal Prosecution (Section 160) SUBDIVISION TWO Investigation (Sections 161-167) SUBDIVISION THREE Special Provisions Concerning the Investigation of Certain Criminal Offences (Sections 168-170) SUBDIVISION FOUR Decision in Pre-trial Proceedings (Sections 171-173a) SUBDIVISION FIVE Supervision of the Public Prosecutor (Sections 174-175) SUBDIVISION SIX Agreement on the Guilt and Punishment (Sections 175a- 175b) SUBDIVISION SEVEN Indictment (Sections 176-179) SUBDIVISION EIGHT Summary Pre-trial Proceedings (Sections 179a-179h) PART THREE Trial Proceedings (Sections 180-365) CHAPTER ELEVEN Basic Provisions (Sections 180-184) CHAPTER TWELVE Preliminary Hearing of the Indictment (Sections 185-195) CHAPTER THIRTEEN Trial (Sections 196-231) SUBDIVISION ONE Preparation of Trial (Sections 196-198a) SUBDIVISION TWO Publicity of the Trial (Sections 199-201) SUBDIVISION THREE Opening of the Trial (Sections 202-206) SUBDIVISION FOUR Evidence (Sections 207-215) SUBDIVISION FIVE Conclusion of the Trial (Sections 216-218) SUBDIVISION SIX Adjourning the Trial (Section 219) SUBDIVISION SEVEN Decision of the Court in the Trial (Sections 220-230) SUBDIVISION EIGHT Decision of Court outside the Trial (Section 231) CHAPTER FOURTEEN Public Session (Sections 232-239a) CHAPTER FIFTEEN Closed Session (Sections 240-244) CHAPTER SIXTEEN Appeals and Appeal Proceedings (Sections 245-265) 2 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Extraordinary Appeals (Sections 265a-265s) CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Complaints for Violation of Law and Proceedings Thereon (Sections 266-276) CHAPTER NINETEEN New Trial (Sections 277-289) CHAPTER TWENTY Special Types of Proceedings (Sections 290-314s) SUBDIVISION ONE Proceedings in Juvenile Matters (Sections 291-301) SUBDIVISION TWO Proceedings against a Fugitive (Sections 302-306a) SUBDIVISION THREE Conditional Discontinuation of Criminal Prosecution (Sections 307-308) SUBDIVISION FOUR Settlement (Sections 309-314) SUBDIVISION FIVE Proceedings before a Single Judge (Sections 314a-314g) SUBDIVISION SIX Proceedings after Repealing a Decision by a Decision of the Constitutional Court (Sections 314h-314k) SUBDIVISION SEVEN Proceedings on the Review of an Order for Interception and Recording of Telecommunication Traffic (Sections 314l-314n) SUBDIVISION EIGHT Proceedings on the Approval of the Agreement on the Guilt and Punishment (Sections 314o-314s) CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Execution Proceedings (Section 315-362) SUBDIVISION ONE repealed (Sections 316-319) SUBDIVISION TWO Execution of a Sentence of Imprisonment (Sections 320- 334) SUBDIVISION THREE Execution of a Sentence of House Confinement (Sections 334a-334h) SUBDIVISION FOUR Execution of a Sentence of Community Service (Sections 335-340b) SUBDIVISION FIVE Execution of some Other Punishments (Sections 341-350j) SUBDIVISION SIX Statute Bar of Execution of a Sentence (Section 350k) SUBDIVISION SEVEN Execution of Protective Treatment and Security Detention (Sections 351-358) SUBDIVISION EIGHT Execution of Certain Other Decisions (359-362) CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Expungement of Conviction (Sections 363-365) PART FOUR Some of the Actions Associated with Criminal Proceedings (Sections 366- 460zp) CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Pardon and Amnesty (Section 366-370a) CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Repealed (Sections 371-374) CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Legal Co-operation with Foreign States (Sections 375- 460zp) SUBDIVISION ONE General Provisions (Sections 375-382) SUBDIVISION TWO Extradition (Section 383-402) SUBDIVISION THREE Special Provisions for the Transfer of Persons between Member States of the European Union under the European Arrest Warrant (Sections 403-422) SUBDIVISION FOUR Transit for Proceedings Abroad (Sections 423-424) SUBDIVISION FIVE Requests (Sections 425-446) 3 SUBDIVISION SIX Take-over and Transfer of Criminal Matters (Sections 447- 448) SUBDIVISION SEVEN Execution of Decisions in Relation to Foreign States (Sections 449-460) SUBDIVISION EIGHT Special Provisions on Recognition and Execution of Decisions on Freezing of Property or Evidence between Member States of the European Union (Sections 460a-460n) SUBDIVISION NINE Special Procedure for Recognition and Execution of Financial Penalties and other Financial Payments with Member States of the European Union (Sections 460o-460zp) PART FIVE Transitional and Final Provisions (Sections 461-471) 4 141/1961 Coll. ACT of November 29, 1961 on Criminal Procedure (Criminal Procedure Code) Amendment: 57/1965 Coll., 59/1965 Coll. Amendment: 173/1968 Coll. Amendment: 58/1969 Coll. Amendment: 149/1969 Coll., 156/1969 Coll. Amendment: 48/1973 Coll. Amendment: 29/1978 Coll. Amendment: 43/1980 Coll. Amendment: 159/1989 Coll. Amendment: 50/1990 Coll. Amendment: 53/1990 Coll. Amendment: 81/1990 Coll. Amendment: 101/1990 Coll. Amendment: 178/1990 Coll. Amendment: 303/1990 Coll. Amendment: 558/1991 Coll. Amendment: 25/1993 Coll. Amendment: 115/1993 Coll. Amendment: 283/1993 Coll., 292/1993 Coll. Amendment: 154/1994 Coll. Amendment: 214/1994 Coll. Amendment: 8/1995 Coll. Amendment: 152/1995 Coll. Amendment: 150/1997 Coll. Amendment: 209/1997 Coll. Amendment: 148/1998 Coll. Amendment: 166/1998 Coll. Amendment: 191/1999 Coll. Amendment: 29/2000 Coll. Amendment: 227/2000 Coll. Amendment: 30/2000 Coll. Amendment: 77/2001 Coll. Amendment: 144/2001 Coll. Amendment: 265/2001 Coll., 424/2001 Coll. Amendment: 200/2002 Coll. (part) Amendment: 226/2002 Coll. Amendment: 320/2002 Coll. Amendment: 218/2003 Coll., 279/2003 Coll. 5 Amendment: 200/2002 Coll., 237/2004 Coll., 257/2004 Coll. Amendment: 283/2004 Coll. Amendment: 539/2004 Coll. Amendment: 539/2004 Coll. (part), 587/2004 Coll. Amendment: 239/2005 Coll. Amendment: 45/2005 Coll., 394/2005 Coll. Amendment: 413/2005 Coll. Amendment: 79/2006 Coll., 113/2006 Coll. Amendment: 321/2006 Coll. Amendment: 115/2006 Coll., 253/2006 Coll. Amendment: 165/2006 Coll. Amendment: 112/2006 Coll. Amendment: 179/2007 Coll. Amendment: 170/2007 Coll. Amendment: 345/2007 Coll. Amendment: 135/2008 Coll. Amendment: 121/2008 Coll., 177/2008 Coll. Amendment: 384/2008 Coll. Amendment: 90/2008 Coll., 129/2008 Coll., 274/2008 Coll., 457/2008 Coll., 480/2008 Coll. Amendment: 52/2009 Coll. Amendment: 301/2008 Coll., 7/2009 Coll. Amendment: 218/2009 Coll. Amendment: 41/2009 Coll., 272/2009 Coll., 306/2009 Coll. Amendment: 163/2010 Coll. Amendment: 219/2010 Coll. Amendment: 197/2010 Coll. Amendment: 150/2011 Coll. Amendment: 181/2011 Coll. Amendment: 207/2011 Coll. Amendment: 330/2011 Coll. Amendment: 341/2011 Coll., 348/2011 Coll., 459/2011 Coll. Amendment: 357/2011