Article 98 in Chapter Six of the Constitution of the Czech Republic stipulates that the Czech National Bank is the central bank of the state. The main purpose of its operations shall be to care for price stability. Interventions in its activities are only permissible on the basis of a law.

Below is a list of the major laws the Czech National Bank follows in carrying out its duties.

• Act on the CNB (pdf, 177 kB)
  Act No. 6/1993 Coll. of 17 December 1992, on the Czech National Bank, as amended by Act No. 60/1993 Coll., Act No. 15/1998 Coll., Act No. 442/2000 Coll., the Constitutional Court ruling promulgated under No. 278/2001 Coll., Act No. 482/2001 Coll., Act No. 127/2002 Coll., Act No. 257/2004 Coll., Act No. 377/2005 Coll., Act No. 57/2006 Coll., Act No. 62/2006 Coll, Act No. 230/2006 Coll., Act No. 160/2007 Coll., Act No. 36 /2008 Coll., Act No. 124/2008 Coll., Act No. 254/2008 Coll., Act No. 295/2009 Coll., Act No. 285/2009 Coll. and Act No. 156/2010 Coll.
  The text is a working material for information only, and is not an official translation of the Czech legislation.
• Act on Banks (pdf, 350 kB)
  Act No. 21/1992 Coll. of 20 December 1991, on Banks, as amended by Act No. 264/1992 Coll., Act No. 292/1993 Coll., Act No. 156/1994 Coll., Act No. 83/1995 Coll., Act No. 84/1995 Coll., Act No. 61/1996 Coll., Act No. 306/1997 Coll., Act No. 16/1998 Coll., Act No. 127/1998 Coll., Act No. 165/1998 Coll., Act No. 120/2001 Coll., Act No. 239/2001 Coll., Act No. 319/2001 Coll., Act No. 126/2002 Coll., Act No. 453/2003 Coll., Act No. 257/2004 Coll., Act No. 439/2004 Coll., Act No. 377/2005 Coll., Act No. 56/2006 Coll., Act No. 57/2006 Coll., Act No. 62/2006 Coll., Act No. 70/2006 Coll., Act No. 120/2007 Coll., Act No. 296/2007 Coll., Act No. 126/2008 Coll., Act No. 216/2008 Coll., Act No. 230/2008 Coll., Act No. 254/2008 Coll., Act No. 433/2008 Coll.,  Act No. 215/2009 Coll., Act No. 230/2009 Coll., Act No. 285/2009 Coll., Act No. 287/2009 Coll., Act No. 156/2010 Coll. (part) and Act No. 227/2009 Coll.
  The text is a working material for information only, and is not an official translation of the Czech legislation.
• Act No. 219/1995 Coll. of 26 September 1995, Foreign Exchange Act (pdf, 288 kB, available in Czech only), as amended by Act No. 159/2000 Coll., Act No. 362/2000 Coll., Act No. 482/2001 Coll., Act No. 126/2002 Coll., Act No. 257/2004 Coll., Act No. 354/2004 Coll., Act. No. 444/2005 Coll. and and Act No. 254/2008 Coll. 
  The text is a working material for information only, and is not an official translation of the Czech legislation.
• Act No. 284/2009 Coll. - Payment system act (pdf, 433 kB, available in Czech only) of  22 July 2009 effective from 1 November 2009