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 (¹) The Czechoslovak State is a People's democratic Republic. (²) The People are the sole source of all power in the State.

(¹) The Czechoslovak Republic is a unitary State of two Slav nations possessing equal rights, the Czechs and the Slovaks. (²) The territory of the State forms a single and indivisible whole.

(¹) The People's democratic Republic recognises no privileges; work for the benefit of the community and participation in the defence of the State is the duty of all. (²) The State guarantees to all its citizens, men and women alike, freedom of the person and its expression and takes care that every citizen receive the same possibilities and the same opportunities. (³) All citizens have the right to education, the right to work, to a just reward for work done, and to leisure after work. National Insurance shall provide for all citizens in cases of incapacity for work.

(¹) The sovereign People discharge the State power through representative bodies which are elected by the People, controlled by the People and accountable to the People. (²) The franchise to the representative bodies is universal, equal, direct, and secret. Every citizen has the right to vote on reaching 15