On July 9, 1993, the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic passed a law on the unlawfulness of the Communist regime and opposition to it. It was published as Act No. 198/1993 Coll. and became effective on August 1, 1993. The law is composed of a preamble and nine paragraphs that can be divided into declaratory (§ 1-4) and the remaining (§ 5-9) legally binding.
