The ministry of interior is supreme office for the realms of public administration, internal security, border protection and eGovernment in the Czech Republic.
The Ministry of the Interior is a central governmental authority for home affairs, in particular for:
- public order and other matters relating to internal order and security within its defined scope of competence, including supervision of road traffic safety
- fire protection;
- the right of association and the right of assembly, and registering organisations with international links;
- public collections;
- state, economic and service secrets;
- maintaining archives; and
- the territorial structure of the state;
- travel documents, granting residence to foreign nationals and granting refugee status;
- the national border, surveying of the national border, maintenance and documentation;
- national symbols;
- first names and surnames, Registers of Vital Records; nationality, identity documents, reporting residence, the register of inhabitants, and birth (personal) identification numbers;
- firearms and ammunition.
The Ministry of the Interior also
- maintains the telecommunication network of the Police of the Czech Republic and provides guidance relating to encoding services;
- cooperates with Interpol.
The scope of competencies of the Ministry of the Interior is defined by Section 12 of Act No. 2/1969 Coll. on Establishing Ministries and Other Institutions of Central Government of the Czech Republic, as amended.
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