2. Paragraph 20 does not apply to members of the present National Assembly.
Article IX.
On the day designated in article VIII, § 1, all laws and regulations in conflict with the spirit of this Charter and the republican form of the State, as well as all previously enacted Constitutional Laws, shall become invalid, even if part of the latter are not opposed to the Constitutional Laws of the Czechoslovak Republic.
Article X.
The foregoing nine articles shall become valid simultaneously with the Constitutional Charter. The execution of these enactments is hereby placed in the hands of the Government.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC.
SECTION I.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
§ 1.
1. The people are the sole source of all State power in the Czechoslovak Republic.
2. This Constitutional Charter determines through what organs the sovereign people shall express their will in laws, provides for the execution of these laws, and guarantees to the people their rights and liberties. Such limitations are imposed upon these organs of Government, as shall preserve to the people all rights guaranteed by this Charter.
§ 2.
The Czechoslovak State shall be a Democratic Republic, of which shall be an elected President.
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