§ 129.
The principles on which the rights as to language in the Czechoslovak Republic are based shall be determined by a special enactment which shall form part of this Constitutional Charter.
§ 130.
In so far as citizens of the Czechoslovak Republic are entitled by the common law to establish, manage and administer at their own cost philanthropic, religious, or social institutions, they are all equal, no matter what be their nationality, language, religion or race and may, in such institutions, make use of their own language and worship according to their own religious ceremonies.
§ 131.
In towns and districts in which there lives a considerable fraction of Czechoslovak citizens speaking a language other than Czechoslovak, the children of such Czechoslovak citizens shall, in public instruction and within the bounds of the general regulations relating thereto, be guaranteed a due opportunity to receive instruction in their own tongue. The Czechoslovak language at the same time may be prescribed as a compulsory subject of instruction.
§ 132.
In towns and districts where there is living a considerable fraction of Czechoslovak citizens belonging to some minority, whether in respect of religion, or nationality, or language, and where specific sums of money from public funds as set out in the state budget or in the budget of local or other public authorities to be devoted to education, religion, or philanthropy, a due share in the use and enjoyment of such sums shall be secured to such minorities within the limits of the general regulations for public administration.
§ 133.
The method of carrying out the principles embodied in § 131 and 132 and especially the interpretation to be assigned to the expression “considerable fraction” shall be determined by special enactment.
§ 134.
Every manner whatsoever of forcible denationalisation is prohibited Non-observance of this principle may be proclaimed by law to be a punishable act.
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