German Judiciary Act
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Übersetzung durch Brian Duffett und Ute Reusch
Translation provided by Brian Duffett and Ute Reusch
© 2010 juris GmbH, Saarbrücken
| FIRST PART Judicial office in the Federation and Länder | |
| First Chapter Introductory provisions | |
| Section 1 | Professional and honorary judges |
| Section 2 | Application to professional judges |
| Section 3 | Service employer |
| Section 4 | Incompatible duties |
| Second Chapter Qualification for judicial office | |
| Section 5 | Qualification for judicial office |
| Section 5a | University studies |
| Section 5b | Preparatory training |
| Section 5c | Account taken of training for the higher intermediate service |
| Section 5d | Examinations |
| Section 6 | Recognition of examinations |
| Section 7 | University professors |
| Third Chapter Judicial tenure | |
| Section 8 | Legal forms of judicial service |
| Section 9 | Preconditions for appointments |
| Section 10 | Appointment for life |
| Section 11 | Appointment for a specified term |
| Section 12 | Appointment on probation |
| Section 13 | Employment of a judge on probation |
| Section 14 | Appointment as a judge by commission |
| Section 15 | Effects on civil service tenure |
| Section 16 | Duration of employment as a judge by commission |
| Section 17 | Appointment by deed |
| Section 17a | |
| Section 18 | Nullity of an appointment |
| Section 19 | Revocation of an appointment |
| Section 19a | Official designations |
| Section 20 | General seniority |
| Section 21 | Dismissal from service |
| Section 22 | Dismissal of a judge on probation |
| Section 23 | Dismissal of a judge by commission |
| Section 24 | Termination of service by judicial decision |
| Fourth Chapter Independence of the judiciary | |
| Section 25 | Basic principle |
| Section 26 | Supervision of service |
| Section 27 | Conferment of a judicial office |
| Section 28 | Court staffing with judges for life |
| Section 29 | Court staffing with judges on probation, judges by commission and judges on secondment |
| Section 30 | Transfer and discharge from office |
| Section 31 | Transfer in the interests of the administration of justice |
| Section 32 | Changes in the organisation of the courts |
| Section 33 | Retention of full salary |
| Section 34 | Retirement on account of unfitness for service |
| Section 35 | Provisional prohibition from carrying out official duties |
| Section 36 | Membership of a parliamentary body or government |
| Section 37 | Secondment |
| Fifth Chapter Special duties of a judge | |
| Section 38 | Judicial oath |
| Section 39 | Maintenance of independence |
| Section 40 | Arbitrators and conciliators |
| Section 41 | Expert legal opinion |
| Section 42 | Additional activities in the administration of justice |
| Section 43 | Secrecy of deliberations |
| Sixth Chapter Honorary judges | |
| Section 44 | Appointment and termination of appointment in respect of honorary judges |
| Section 44a | Obstacles to appointment as honorary judge |
| Section 44b | Termination of appointment of honorary judges |
| Section 45 | Independence and special duties of an honorary judge |
| Section 45a | Designations used for honorary judges |
| SECOND
PART Judges in federal service | |
| First Chapter General provisions | |
| Section 46 | Application of federal civil service law |
| Section 47 | Federal Personnel Committee in matters concerning judges |
| Section 48 | Retirement |
| Section 48a | Limitation of service and leave for family reasons |
| Section 48b | Leave for reasons relating to labour market conditions |
| Section 48c | Part-time employment |
| Section 48d | Part-time employment, leave and professional advancement |
| Second Chapter Representation of judges | |
| Section 49 | Council of judges and council for judicial appointments |
| Section 50 | Composition of the council of judges |
| Section 51 | Election of the council of judges |
| Section 52 | Duties of the council of judges |
| Section 53 | Joint duties of the council of judges and the body representing staff |
| Section 54 | Formation of the council for judicial appointments |
| Section 55 | Duties of the council for judicial appointments |
| Section 56 | Initiation of participation |
| Section 57 | Opinion of the council for judicial appointments |
| Section 58 | Conduct of business, legal status of members |
| Section 59 | Judges on secondment |
| Section 60 | Recourse to the courts in matters concerning the representation of judges |
| Third
Chapter Federal Service Court | |
| Section 61 | Constitution of the service court |
| Section 62 | Jurisdiction of the Federal Service Court |
| Section 63 | Disciplinary proceedings |
| Section 64 | Disciplinary measures |
| Section 65 | Transfer proceedings |
| Section 66 | Scrutiny proceedings |
| Section 67 | Operative provisions of a judgment in scrutiny proceedings |
| Section 68 | Suspension of proceedings |
| Fourth Chapter Judges of the Federal Constitutional Court | |
| Section 69 | Limited application of this Act |
| Section 70 | Federal judges serving as judges of the Federal Constitutional Court |
| THIRD PART Judges in the service of a Land | |
| Section 71 | Application of the Act on the Status of Civil Servants |
| Section 71a | Application of the Civil Servants' Pensions Act |
| Section 72 | Formation of councils of judges |
| Section 73 | Duties of the council of judges |
| Section 74 | Formation of the council for judicial appointments |
| Section 75 | Duties of the council for judicial appointments |
| Section 76 | Retirement age |
| Section 76a | Part-time employment |
| Section 77 | Establishment of service courts |
| Section 78 | Jurisdiction of a service court |
| Section 79 | Instances |
| Section 80 | Appeal on points of law in transfer proceedings and in scrutiny proceedings |
| Section 81 | Admissibility of an appeal on points of law in disciplinary proceedings |
| Section 82 | Appeal on points of law in disciplinary proceedings |
| Section 83 | Procedural provisions |
| Section 84 | Constitutional judges |
| FOURTH
PART Transitional and concluding provisions | |
| First
Chapter Amendment to federal law | |
| Sections 85 to 103 | |
| Section 104 | Reference to repealed provisions |
| Second Chapter Transformation of legal relationships | |
| Section 105 | Transitional provisions in respect of judges for life and judges for a specified term |
| Section 106 | Transitional provisions in respect of judges on probation, judges by commission and judges on secondment |
| Section 107 | (Repealed) |
| Section 108 | (Repealed) |
| Section 109 | Qualification for judicial office |
| Section 110 | Qualification for higher administrative service |
| Section 111 | Presidents of the labour courts and social courts |
| Section 112 | Recognition of foreign examinations |
| Section 112a | Certification of equivalence for admission to judicial preparatory training |
| Sections 113 to 118 | (Repealed) |
| Third Chapter Concluding provisions | |
| Section 119 | (Repealed) |
| Section 120 | Technical members of the Federal Patent Court |
| Section 120a | Special provisions concerning official designations |
| Section 121 | Judges in federal service as members of the legislative body of a Land |
| Section 122 | Public prosecutors |
| Section 123 | Staffing of professional disciplinary tribunals for practising lawyers |
| Section 124 | Career change |
| Section 125 | (Repealed) |
| Section 126 | Entry into force |
| Annex Extract from the Unification Treaty, Annex I Chapter III A, Parts III and IV | |
| Part III | |
| Part IV | |