In
Czech politics, a
statutory city is a
municipal corporation which has been granted
city status by
Act of
Parliament. It is more prestigious than the simple title (literally "
market town"), which can be awarded by the
cabinet and
chair of the Chamber of Deputies to a municipality which applies for it. Statutory city status is partially ceremonial; the
mayor is called , rather than the of other municipalities. Statutory cities are allowed to subdivide into boroughs ( or ) with their own elected councils; such a city has to issue a statute () that delimits power to boroughs, and few have done so.