English Translation

66 2.2.3 The so-called autonomous standardization of the protectorate bodies 2.2.3.1 The decrees of the state president Until the end of 1940 belonged to the normalizing authority of the State President, the Protectorate Government and the various ministries on the basis of the accepted constitutional law No. 330/1938 Coll. on the authorisation to amend the constitutional charter and constitutional laws of the former Republic of the Czech-Slovak Republic and on the extraordinary power of the order of 15th December 1938 (the so-called Constitutional Act). Although the State President under this regulation was entitled to a two-year mandate to issue decrees on the strength of the Constitutional Law, he did not really use that authorisation. He left the initiative in the field of standardization mainly to the government, or also to ministries. (141) The extension of the effectiveness of the so-called Constitutional Act, however, did not allow the occupying power. Instead, the government's command power, up to another one, was prolonged by the Reich Protector by the Decree of 12 December 1940 (142), which also formally interrupted the appearance of continuity with the Czech Republic. 2.2.3.2 Government regulations, government measures and individual ministers The Protectorate Government was empowered, under the above-mentioned so-called Constitutional Act, to issue regulations in matters reserved otherwise for the same two-year period with the consent of the State President, which had to be signed by the state president, the Prime Minister and the minister responsible (or the Minister responsible). Ministers). Thanks to this widely established mandate, as well as Hach's partial resignation to make greater use of the decrees, the government has developed a large standardizing activity.