German Code of Criminal Procedure

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Original translation by Brian Duffett and Monika Ebinger

Redaktionelle Koordination (Coordinating Editor of the Translation) Mrs. Mahdi

© 2009 juris GmbH, Saarbrücken

PART ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I SUBSTANTIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS
Section 1	[Substantive Jurisdiction]
Section 2	[Joinder and Severance of Connected Cases]
Section 3	[Definition of Connection]
Section 4	[Subsequent Joinder or Severance]
Section 5	[Jurisdiction over Connected Cases]
Section 6	[Examination Proprio Motu]
Section 6a	[Jurisdiction of Particular Criminal divisions]
CHAPTER II VENUE
Section 7	[Place where the Act was Committed]
Section 8	[Domicile, Place of Residence]
Section 9	[Place of Apprehension]
Section 10	[Home Port]
Section 10a	[Environmental Criminal Offences]
Section 11	[German Officials Abroad]
Section 12	[Concurrence of More than One Venue]
Section 13	[Venue for Connected Cases]
Section 13a	[Determination of the Competent Court by the Federal Court of Justice]
Section 14	[Dispute regarding Jurisdiction]
Section 15	[Impediment of the Competent Court]
Section 16	[Objection of Lack of Jurisdiction]
Sections 17 and 18	(Deleted)
Section 19	[Dispute regarding Lack of Jurisdiction]
Section 20	[Individual Acts by a Court Lacking Jurisdiction]
Section 21	[Exigent Circumstances]
CHAPTER III EXCLUSION AND CHALLENGE OF COURT PERSONNEL
Section 22	[Disqualification of a Judge]
Section 23	[Disqualification of Judges Who Participated in Previous Proceedings]
Section 24	[Challenge of a Judge]
Section 25	[Final Date for Challenge]
Section 26	[Procedure concerning Challenge]
Section 26a	[Inadmissible Challenge]
Section 27	[Decision on the Challenge]
Section 28	[Appellate Remedy]
Section 29	[Non-deferrable Acts of the Challenged Person]
Section 30	[Self-disqualification; Ex Officio Challenge]
Section 31	[Lay Judges and Registry Clerks]
Section 32	(Deleted)
CHAPTER IV COURT DECISIONS AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES
Section 33	[Hearing the Participants]
Section 33a	[Subsequent Hearing]
Section 34	[Reasons for the Decision]
Section 34a	[Entry into Force by virtue of an Order]
Section 35	[Notification of the Decision]
Section 35a	[Instructions on Appellate Remedy]
Section 36	[Service and Execution of Decisions]
Section 37	[Procedure concerning Service]
Section 38	[Direct Summons]
Section 39	(Deleted)
Section 40	[Service by Publication]
Section 41	[Service on the Public Prosecution Office]
Section 41a	[Electronic Document]
CHAPTER V TIME LIMITS AND RESTORATION OF THE STATUS QUO ANTE
Section 42	[Time Limits Determined in Days]
Section 43	[Time Limits Determined in Weeks and Months]
Section 44	[Restoration of the Status Quo Ante]
Section 45	[Application for Restoration of the Status Quo Ante]
Section 46	[Decision and Appellate Remedy]
Section 47	[No Suspension of Execution]
CHAPTER VI WITNESSES
Section 48	[Summons of Witnesses]
Section 49	[Examination of the Federal President]
Section 50	[Examination of Members of Parliament or Government Ministers]
Section 51	[Consequences of Non-Appearance]
Section 52	[Right to Refuse Testimony on Personal Grounds]
Section 53	[Right to Refuse Testimony on Professional Grounds]
Section 53a	[Right of Professional Assistants to Refuse Testimony]
Section 54	[Authorization for Judges and Officials to Testify]
Section 55	[Refusal of Information]
Section 56	[Substantiation of the Grounds for Refusal to Testify]
Section 57	[Instruction regarding Oath]
Section 58	[Examination; Confrontation]
Section 58a	[Examination by Audio-Visual Medium]
Section 59	[Oath]
Section 60	[Prohibition of Oath]
Section 61	[Right to refuse to give testimony under oath
Section 62	[Oath in Preparatory Proceedings]
Section 63	[Oath on Examination by Commission]
Section 64	[Form of Oath]
Section 65	[Affirmation Equivalent to an Oath]
Section 66	[Hearing or Speech Impaired Persons]
Section 67	[Reliance on the Prior Oath]
Section 68	[Examination as to Witness' Identity]
Section 68a	[Questions concerning Degrading Facts and Previous Convictions]
Section 68b	[Assignment of an Attorney ]
Section 69	[Examination as to Subject Matter]
Section 70	[Refusal without Reason to Testify or Take the Oath]
Section 71	[Witness' Expenses]
CHAPTER VII EXPERTS AND INSPECTION
Section 72	[Application of Provisions concerning Witnesses]
Section 73	[Selection of Experts]
Section 74	[Challenge]
Section 75	[Duty to Render Opinion]
Section 76	[Privilege of Refusing to Render Opinion]
Section 77	[Consequences of Non-Appearance or Refusal]
Section 78	[Judicial Direction]
Section 79	[Oath Administered to an Expert]
Section 80	[Preparation of an Opinion]
Section 80a	[Consultations During the Preliminary Proceedings]
Section 81	[Committal for Observation of the Accused]
Section 81a	[Physical Examination; Blood Test]
Section 81b	[Photographs and Fingerprints]
Section 81c	[Examination of Other Persons]
Section 81d	[Physical Examination]
Section 81e	[Molecular and Genetic Examinations]
Section 81f	[Ordering and Carrying Out Molecular and Genetic Examinations]
Section 81g	[DNA Analysis]
Section 81h	[Serial Molecular and Genetic Examination]
Section 82	[Rendering Opinion in Preliminary Proceedings]
Section 83	[Rendering a New Opinion]
Section 84	[Fees for Experts]
Section 85	[Expert Witnesses]
Section 86	[Judicial Inspection]
Section 87	[Post Mortem Examination; Autopsy]
Section 88	[Identification]
Section 89	[Extent of Autopsies]
Section 90	[Autopsies of New-born Children]
Section 91	[Suspected Poisoning]
Section 92	[Opinions in Counterfeiting Cases]
Section 93	[Handwriting Analysis]
CHAPTER VIII SEIZURE, INTERCEPTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED SEARCH, USE OF TECHNICAL DEVICES, USE OF UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATORS AND SEARCH
Section 94	[Objects Which May Be Seized]
Section 95	[Obligation to Surrender]
Section 96	[Official Documents]
Section 97	[Objects Not Subject to Seizure]
Section 98	[Order of Seizure]
Section 98a	[Automated Comparison and Transmission of Personal Data]
Section 98b	[Competence. Return and Deletion of Data]
Section 98c	[Comparison of Data to Clear Up a Criminal offence]
Section 99	[Seizure of Postal items]
Section 100	[Jurisdiction]
Section 100a	[Conditions regarding Interception of Telecommunications]
Section 100b	[Order to Intercept Telecommunications]
Section 100c	[Measures Implemented Without the Knowledge of the Person Concerned]
Section 100d	[Jurisdiction]
Section 100e	[Duty to Report]
Section 100f	[Use of Technical Means]
Section 100g	[Information on Telecommunications Connections]
Section 100h	[Taking of Photographs; Technical Devices for Surveillance]
Section 100i	[IMS I-Catcher]
Section 101	[Notification]
Section 102	[Search in Respect of the Suspect]
Section 103	[Searches in Respect of Other Persons]
Section 104	[Searches During the Night]
Section 105	[Search Order; Execution]
Section 106	[Calling in the Occupant]
Section 107	[Notification; Inventory]
Section 108	[Seizure of Other Objects]
Section 109	[Marking Seized Objects]
Section 110	[Examination of Papers]
Section 110a	[Undercover investigators]
Section 110b	[Consent of the Public Prosecution Office; Consent of the Judge; Non-Disclosure of Identity]
Section 110c	[Entering Private Premises]
Section 110d	(Deleted)
Section 110e	(Deleted)
Section 111	[Road Traffic Controls]
Section 111a	[Provisional Withdrawal of Permission to Drive]
Section 111b	[Securing of Objects]
Section 111c	[Securing Seizure]
Section 111d	[Attachment for Equivalent Value; Fine or Costs]
Section 111e	[Order for Seizure or Attachment]
Section 111f	[Effecting Seizure and Enforcing Attachment]
Section 111g	[Compulsory Execution; Enforcement of Attachment by the Aggrieved Person]
Section 111h	[Prior Satisfaction of Claims of the Aggrieved Person on Attachment]
Section 111i	[Maintenance of Seizure]
Section 111k	[Return of Moveable Assets to the Aggrieved Person]
Section 111l	[Emergency Sale]
Section 111m	[Writings and Printing Devices]
Section 111n	[Seizure Order; Time Restriction]
Section 111o	[Attachment in Rem for a Property Fine]
Section 111p	[Seizure of Property]
CHAPTER IX ARREST AND PROVISIONAL APPREHENSION
Section 112	[Admissibility of Remand Detention; Grounds for Arrest]
Section 112a	[Further Grounds for Arrest]
Section 113	[Restrictions applying to Remand Detention]
Section 114	[Warrant of Arrest]
Section 114a	[Notification of Accused]
Section 114b	[Notification of Relatives]
Section 115	[Examination by a Judge]
Section 115a	[Examination by the Judge of the Nearest Local Court]
Section 116	[Suspension of Execution]
Section 116a	[Type of Bail; Authorization to Receive Service]
Section 117	[Review of Detention]
Section 118	[Oral Hearing]
Section 118a	[Conducting the Oral Hearing]
Section 118b	[Persons Entitled to File Applications]
Section 119	[Serving Remand Detention]
Section 120	[Revocation of the Warrant of Arrest]
Section 121	[Remand Detention Exceeding Six Months]
Section 122	[Special Review of Detention by the Higher Regional Court]
Section 122a	[Maximum Detention Period Pursuant to Article 112a]
Section 123	[Revoking Less Severe Measures]
Section 124	[Forfeiture of Security]
Section 125	[Competence for Issuing the Arrest Warrant]
Section 126	[Competence for Subsequent Decisions]
Section 126a	[Provisional Committal]
Section 127	[Provisional Arrest]
Section 127a	[Dispensing with Arrest]
Section 127b	[Arrest in Connection with the Main Hearing]
Section 128	[Appearance Before the Judge]
Section 129	[Appearance After Preferring Public Charges]
Section 130	[Arrest Warrant for Offences Prosecuted on Application]
CHAPTER IXa FURTHER MEASURES TO SECURE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND EXECUTION OF SENTENCE
Section 131	[Arrest Notice]
Section 131a	[Notice to Determine Whereabouts]
Section 131b	[Publication of Pictures]
Section 131c	[Order and Confirmation of Searches]
Section 132	[Provision of Security and Address for Service]
CHAPTER IXb PROVISIONAL PROHIBITION OF PURSUIT OF AN OCCUPATION
Section 132a	[Provisional Prohibition of Pursuit of Occupation]
CHAPTER X EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED
Section 133	[Written Summons]
Section 134	[Bringing the Accused Before the Court]
Section 135	[Immediate Examination]
Section 136	[First Examination]
Section 136a	[Prohibited Methods of Examination]
CHAPTER XI DEFENCE
Section 137	[Defence counsel]
Section 138	[Choice of Defence counsel]
Section 138a	[Exclusion of Defence counsel]
Section 138b	[Exclusion of Defence counsel for Endangering National Security]
Section 138c	[Procedure for Excluding Defence counsel]
Section 138d	[Oral Hearing; Immediate Complaint]
Section 139	[Trainee Jurist as Defence counsel]
Section 140	[Mandatory Defence]
Section 141	[Appointment of Defence counsel]
Section 142	[Choice of Defence counsel]
Section 143	[Revocation of Appointment]
Section 144	(Deleted)
Section 145	[Absence of Defence counsel]
Section 145a	[Service of Documents on Defence counsel]
Section 146	[Joint Defence counsel]
Section 146a	[Rejection of Defence counsel of the Accused's Own Choice]
Section 147	[Inspection of the Files]
Section 148	[Defence Counsel-Client Communication]
Section 148a	[Implementing Monitoring Measures]
Section 149	[Admission of Assistance]
Section 150	(Deleted)
PART TWO PROCEEDINGS AT FIRST INSTANCE
CHAPTER I PUBLIC CHARGES
Section 151	[Principle of Indictment]
Section 152	[Indicting Authority; Principle of Mandatory Prosecution]
Section 152a	[Prosecution of Elected Public Representatives]
Section 153	[Non-Prosecution of Petty Offences]
Section 153a	[Provisional Dispensing with Court Action; Provisional Termination of Proceedings]
Section 153b	[Dispensing with Court Action; Termination]
Section 153c	[Non-Prosecution of Offences Committed Abroad]
Section 153d	[Dispensing with Court Action on Political Grounds]
Section 153e	[Dispensing with Court Action in National Security Cases]
Section 153f	[Dispensing with Prosecution of Criminal Offences under the Code of Crimes against International Law]
Section 154	[Insignificant Secondary Penalties]
Section 154a	[Limitation of Prosecution]
Section 154b	[Extradition and Expulsion]
Section 154c	[Victim of Coercion or Extortion]
Section 154d	[Decision of a Prior Issue Involving Civil Law or Administrative Law]
Section 154e	[Criminal or Disciplinary Proceedings concerning Erroneous Suspicion or Insult]
Section 155	[Scope of the Investigation]
Section 155a	[Perpetrator-Victim Mediation]
Section 155b
Section 156	[No Withdrawal of the Indictment]
Section 157	[Definition of the Terms “Indicted Accused” and “Defendant”]
CHAPTER II PREPARATION OF THE PUBLIC CHARGES
Section 158	[Criminal Informations; Applications for Prosecution]
Section 159	[Unnatural Death; Discovery of a Corpse]
Section 160	[Investigation Proceedings]
Section 160a	[Investigation Measures Where Person Has Right to Refuse Testimony]
Section 161	[Information and Investigations]
Section 161a	[Witnesses and Experts before the Public Prosecution Office]
Section 162	[Judicial Investigations]
Section 163	[Duties of the Police]
Section 163a	[Examination of the Accused]
Section 163b	[Establishing Identity]
Section 163c	[Duration of Custody. Judicial Review]
Section 163d	[Computer-Assisted Search]
Section 163e	[Police Observation]
Section 163f	[Longer-Term Observation]
Section 164	[Apprehension of Persons Disrupting Official Activities]
Section 165	[Judicial Action in an Emergency]
Section 166	[Applications by the Accused to Obtain Evidence]
Section 167	[Further Directions by the Public Prosecution Office]
Section 168	[Recording Clerk]
Section 168a	[Recording of Judicial Investigatory Acts]
Section 168b	[Recording of Investigatory Acts of the Public Prosecution Office]
Section 168c	[Presence During Judicial Examination]
Section 168d	[Presence During Judicial Inspection]
Section 168e	[Separate Examination]
Section 169	[Investigating Judges of the Higher Regional Courts and the Federal Court of Justice]
Section 169a	[Conclusion of Investigation]
Section 170	[Conclusion of the Investigation Proceedings]
Section 171	[Notification of the Applicant]
Section 172	[Proceedings to Compel Public Charges]
Section 173	[Procedure by the Court]
Section 174	[Dismissal of Application]
Section 175	[Order to Prefer Public Charges]
Section 176	[Furnishing Security]
Section 177	[Costs]
CHAPTER III
Sections 178 to 197	(Deleted)
CHAPTER IV DECISION CONCERNING THE OPENING OF THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS
Section 198	(Deleted)
Section 199	[Decision to Open the Main Proceedings]
Section 200	[Contents of the Bill of Indictment]
Section 201	[Communication of the Bill of Indictment]
Section 202	[Supplementary Investigations]
Section 203	[Condition for Opening Main Proceedings]
Section 204	[Refusal to Open Main Proceedings]
Section 205	[Provisional Termination]
Section 206	[Applications not Binding]
Section 206a	[Termination in the Case of Impediments]
Section 206b	[Termination on Amendment of the Law]
Section 207	[The Order Opening Main Proceedings]
Section 208	(Deleted)
Section 209	[Competent Court]
Section 209a	[Special Functional Jurisdictions]
Section 210	[Appellate Remedies]
Section 211	[Effect of the Order Refusing to Open Main Proceedings]
Sections 212 to 212b	(Deleted)
CHAPTER V PREPARATION OF THE MAIN HEARING
Section 213	[Setting the Date for the Main Hearing]
Section 214	[Summonses]
Section 215	[Service of the Order Opening the Main Proceedings]
Section 216	[Summoning the Defendant]
Section 217	[Time Limit for Summons]
Section 218	[Summoning Defence counsel]
Section 219	[Defendant's Applications to Take Evidence]
Section 220	[Summons by the Defendant]
Section 221	[Taking of Evidence Ex Officio]
Section 222	[Naming Witnesses]
Section 222a	[Information as to Composition of the Court]
Section 222b	[Objections concerning Composition of the Court]
Section 223	[Witness Examination on Commission or by Request]
Section 224	[Notification of Participants]
Section 225	[Judicial Inspection on Commission]
Section 225a	[Change of Jurisdiction Prior to the Main Hearing]
CHAPTER VI MAIN HEARING
Section 226	[Uninterrupted Presence]
Section 227	[More than one Public Prosecutor and Defence counsel]
Section 228	[Suspension and Interruption]
Section 229	[Maximum Duration of an Interruption]
Section 230	[Failure of the Defendant to Appear]
Section 231	[Defendant's Duty to be Present]
Section 231a	[Unfitness to Stand Trial Caused with Intent]
Section 231b	[Absence because of Disorderly Conduct]
Section 231c	[Absence During Parts of the Proceedings]
Section 232	[Main Hearing Despite the Defendant's Failure to Appear]
Section 233	[Releasing the Defendant from the Duty to Appear]
Section 234	[Representation of Absent Defendant]
Section 234a	[Defence counsel's Rights of Information and Consent]
Section 235	[Restoration of the Status Quo Ante]
Section 236	[Ordering the Defendant's Personal Appearance]
Section 237	[Joinder of more than one Criminal Case]
Section 238	[Conduct of Hearing]
Section 239	[Cross-Examination]
Section 240	[Right to Ask Questions]
Section 241	[Rejection of Questions]
Section 241a	[Examination of Witnesses under 16 Years of Age]
Section 242	[Doubts concerning Admissibility of Questions]
Section 243	[Course of the Main Hearing]
Section 244	[Taking of Evidence]
Section 245	[Extent of Evidence Taken]
Section 246	[Belated Applications to Take Evidence]
Section 246a	[Medical Expert]
Section 247	[Removal of the Defendant from Courtroom]
Section 247a	[Witness Examination in Another Place]
Section 248	[Dismissal of Witnesses and Experts]
Section 249	[Reading Out Documents]
Section 250	[Principle of Examination in Person]
Section 251	[Reading Out Records]
Section 252	[Prohibition of Reading out of Statement following Refusal to Testify]
Section 253	[Reading out a Statement to Refresh Memory]
Section 254	[Reading out Confessions; Contradictions]
Section 255	[Recording of Statements Read out]
Section 255a	[Showing Audio-Visual Recordings]
Section 256	[Reading out Official and Medical Statements]
Section 257	[Questioning the Defendant, the Public Prosecutor and Defence counsel]
Section 257a	[Written Form]
Section 258	[Closing Speeches]
Section 259	[Interpreter]
Section 260	[Judgment]
Section 261	[Free Evaluation of Evidence]
Section 262	[Preliminary Civil Law Questions]
Section 263	[Voting]
Section 264	[Subject Matter of the Judgment]
Section 265	[Change in Legal Reference]
Section 265a	[Conditions. Instructions]
Section 266	[Supplementary Charges]
Section 267	[Reasons for the Judgment]
Section 268	[Pronouncement of the Judgment]
Section 268a	[Probationary Suspension of Sentence; Warning with Sentence Reserved]
Section 268b	[Continuation of Remand Detention]
Section 268c	[Information on a Driving Ban]
Section 268d	[Instruction Where Preventive Detention is Reserved]
Section 269	[Lack of Substantive Jurisdiction]
Section 270	[Referral to a Higher Competent Court]
Section 271	[Record of Proceedings]
Section 272	[Content of the Record]
Section 273	[Additional Contents of the Record]
Section 274	[Probative Value of the Record]
Section 275	[Written Judgment; Official Copy]
CHAPTER VII DECISION CONCERNING AN ORDER OF PREVENTIVE DETENTION RESERVED IN THE JUDGMENT OR A SUBSEQUENT ORDER OF PREVENTIVE DETENTION
Section 275a	[Decision Concerning Reserved or Subsequent Orders of Preventive Detention]
CHAPTER VIII PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ABSENT ACCUSED
Section 276	[Definition]
Sections 277 to 284	(Deleted)
Section 285	[Securing Evidence]
Section 286	[Defence counsel]
Section 287	[Notification of the Absent Accused]
Section 288	[Request to Appear]
Section 289	[Reception of Evidence]
Section 290	[Seizure Instead of Warrant of Arrest]
Section 291	[Publication of Seizure Order]
Section 292	[Effect of Publication]
Section 293	[Revocation of Seizure]
Section 294	[Proceedings After Preferment of Charges]
Section 295	[Safe Conduct]
PART THREE APPELLATE REMEDIES
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 296	[Persons Entitled to Appellate Remedy]
Section 297	[Defence counsel]
Section 298	[Statutory Representative]
Section 299	[Arrested Accused]
Section 300	[Incorrect Designation]
Section 301	[Public Prosecution Offices' Power of Appellate Remedy]
Section 302	[Withdrawal; Waiver]
Section 303	[Opponent's Consent]
CHAPTER II COMPLAINT
Section 304	[Admissibility]
Section 305	[Inadmissibility]
Section 305a	[Complaint Against Order Suspending Sentence]
Section 306	[Filing; Redress or Submission]
Section 307	[No Obstacle to Enforcement]
Section 308	[Powers of the Court Hearing the Complaint]
Section 309	[Decision]
Section 310	[Further Complaint]
Section 311	[Immediate Complaint]
Section 311a	[Subsequent Hearing of the Opponent]
CHAPTER III APPEAL ON POINTS OF FACT AND LAW
Section 312	[Admissibility]
Section 313	[Acceptance of Appeal on Fact and Law]
Section 314	[Form and Time Limits]
Section 315	[Appeal on Fact and Law and Application for Restoration of the Status Quo Ante]
Section 316	[Obstacle to Entry in Force]
Section 317	[Grounds for an Appeal on Fact and Law]
Section 318	[Restriction of Appeal on Fact and Law]
Section 319	[Filing Too Late]
Section 320	[Submitting Files to the Public Prosecution Office]
Section 321	[Transmission of Files to the Court Hearing the Appeal]
Section 322	[Dismissal Without Main Hearing]
Section 322a	[Ruling by the Court Hearing the Appeal]
Section 323	[Preparation of the Main Hearing]
Section 324	[Course of the Main Hearing]
Section 325	[Reading out Documents]
Section 326	[Closing Speeches]
Section 327	[Extent of Review of the Judgment]
Section 328	[Content of the Appellate Decision]
Section 329	[Defendant's Non-Appearance]
Section 330	[Appeal on fact and law by Statutory Representative]
Section 331	[Prohibition of Reformatio in Peius]
Section 332	[Procedural Provisions]
CHAPTER IV APPEAL ON POINTS OF LAW ONLY
Section 333	[Admissibility]
Section 334	(Deleted)
Section 335	[Immediate Appeal on Law in lieu of an Appeal on Fact and Law]
Section 336	[Review of Decisions Preceding the Judgment]
Section 337	[Grounds for Appeal on Law]
Section 338	[Absolute Grounds for Appeal on Law]
Section 339	[Legal Norms for the Defendant's Benefit]
Section 340	(Deleted)
Section 341	[Form and Time Limits]
Section 342	[Appeal on Law and Application for Restoration of the Status Quo Ante]
Section 343	[Obstacle to Entry into Force]
Section 344	[Grounds for an Appeal on Law]
Section 345	[Time Limit for Stating Grounds]
Section 346	[Late and Improper Filing]
Section 347	[Service; Response; Submission of Files]
Section 348	[Lack of Jurisdiction]
Section 349	[Dismissal Without Main Hearing]
Section 350	[Main Hearing]
Section 351	[Course of the Main Hearing]
Section 352	[Extent of Review]
Section 353	[Content of the Appellate Judgment on Law]
Section 354	[Decision on the Merits; Referral to a Lower Court]
Section 354a	[Decision in the Event of Amendment of the Law]
Section 355	[Referral to the Competent Court]
Section 356	[Pronouncement of Judgment]
Section 356a	[Violation of the Right To Be Heard]
Section 357	[Effect on Persons Convicted in the Same Proceedings]
Section 358	[Binding Effect on Lower Court; Prohibition of Reformatio in Peius]
PART FOUR REOPENING OF PROCEEDINGS CONCLUDED BY A FINAL JUDGMENT
Section 359	[Reopening for the Convicted Person's Benefit]
Section 360	[No Obstacle to Execution]
Section 361	[Execution or Death No Bar to Reopening]
Section 362	[Reopening to the Defendant's Detriment]
Section 363	[Inadmissibility]
Section 364	[Allegation of a Criminal offence]
Section 364a	[Appointment of Defence counsel]
Section 364b	[Appointment of Defence Counsel to Prepare Proceedings]
Section 365	[General Provisions on the Application]
Section 366	[Content and Form of the Application]
Section 367	[Court Jurisdiction; Procedure]
Section 368	[Dismissal for Inadmissibility]
Section 369	[Taking Evidence]
Section 370	[Decision on Well-Foundedness]
Section 371	[Acquittal With No Main Hearing]
Section 372	[Immediate Complaint]
Section 373	[Judgment After New Main Hearing; No Reformatio in Peius]
Section 373a	[Procedure for a Penal Order]
PART FIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON IN THE PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER I PRIVATE PROSECUTION
Section 374	[Admissibility; Persons Entitled to Prosecute]
Section 375	[More then One Person Entitled]
Section 376	[Preferring Public Charges]
Section 377	[Participation of the Public Prosecutor; Taking Over the Proceedings]
Section 378	[Assistance and Representation of the Private Prosecutor]
Section 379	[Furnishing Security; Legal Aid]
Section 379a	[Advance for Fees]
Section 380	[Conciliation Attempt]
Section 381	[Preferring the Charges]
Section 382	[Communication of the Charges]
Section 383	[Order Opening the Main Hearing; Dismissal; Termination]
Section 384	[Further Procedure]
Section 385	[Status of the Private Prosecutor; Summonses; Inspection of the Files]
Section 386	[Summoning Witnesses and Experts]
Section 387	[Representation at the Main Hearing]
Section 388	[Countercharges]
Section 389	[Judgment Terminating Proceedings]
Section 390	[Appellate Remedy for Private Prosecutor]
Section 391	[Withdrawal of Charges; Restoration]
Section 392	[Effect of Withdrawal]
Section 393	[Death of the Private Prosecutor]
Section 394	[Notification to the Accused]
CHAPTER II PRIVATE ACCESSORY PROSECUTION
Section 395	[Right to Join as a Private Accessory Prosecutor]
Section 396	[Declaration of Joinder]
Section 397	[Rights of the Private Accessory Prosecutor]
Section 397a	[Appointment of an Attorney as Counsel]
Section 398	[Procedure]
Section 399	[Notification of Previous Decisions]
Section 400	[Private Accessory Prosecutor's Right to Appellate Remedy]
Section 401	[Appellate Remedy for Private Accessory Prosecutor]
Section 402	[Revocation; Death of Private Accessory Prosecutor]
CHAPTER III COMPENSATION FOR THE AGGRIEVED PERSON
Section 403	[Conditions]
Section 404	[Application by the Aggrieved Person]
Section 405	[Dispensing with a Decision]
Section 406	[Decision]
Section 406a	[Appellate Remedy]
Section 406b	[Execution]
Section 406c	[Reopening]
CHAPTER IV OTHER RIGHTS OF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON
Section 406d	[Notification of the Aggrieved Person]
Section 406e	[Inspection of Files]
Section 406f	[Assistance and Representation of the Aggrieved Person]
Section 406g	[Assistance for an Aggrieved Person Entitled to Private Accessory Prosecution]
Section 406h	[Information as to Rights]
PART SIX SPECIAL TYPES OF PROCEDURE
CHAPTER I PROCEDURE FOR PENAL ORDERS
Section 407	[Admissibility]
Section 408	[Judicial Decisions]
Section 408a	[Application for Penal Order After Opening of the Main Proceedings]
Section 408b	[Appointment of Defence counsel]
Section 409	[Content of the Penal Order]
Section 410	[Time Limit for Lodging Objections; Entry into Force]
Section 411	[Dismissal for Inadmissibility; Date of Main Hearing]
Section 412	[Non-Appearance of the Defendant]
CHAPTER II PROCEDURE FOR PREVENTIVE DETENTION
Section 413	[Conditions]
Section 414	[Proceedings]
Section 415	[Main Hearing Without the Accused]
Section 416	[Transition to Criminal Proceedings]
CHAPTER IIa ACCELERATED PROCEDURE
Section 417	[Application by the Public Prosecution Office]
Section 418	[Main Hearing]
Section 419	[Maximum Sentence; Decision]
Section 420	[Taking of Evidence]
Sections 421 to 429	(Deleted)
CHAPTER III PROCEDURE CONCERNING CONFISCATION AND SEIZURE OF PROPERTY
Section 430	[Waiver of Confiscation]
Section 431	[Participation of Third Persons in Proceedings]
Section 432	[Hearing the Person with an Interest in Confiscation]
Section 433	[Rights and Duties of the Person with an Interest in Confiscation]
Section 434	[Representation by Defence counsel]
Section 435	[Summons to Main Hearing]
Section 436	[Non-Appearance at the Main Hearing]
Section 437	[Appellate Proceedings]
Section 438	[Confiscation by Penal Order]
Section 439	[Subsequent Proceedings]
Section 440	[Independent Confiscation Proceedings]
Section 441	[Jurisdiction in Subsequent and in Independent Confiscation Proceedings]
Section 442	[Forfeiture; Destruction; Rendering Unusable]
Section 443	[Seizure of Property]
CHAPTER IV PROCEDURE FOR IMPOSING A REGULATORY FINE AGAINST LEGAL PERSONS AND AGAINST ASSOCIATIONS
Section 444
Sections 445 to 448	(Deleted)
PART SEVEN EXECUTION OF SENTENCE AND COSTS OF PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER I EXECUTION OF SENTENCE
Section 449	[Execution]
Section 450	[Crediting Remand Detention and Withdrawal of Driver's Licence]
Section 450a	[Crediting Detention Pending Extradition]
Section 451	[Executing Authorities]
Section 452	[Pardoning Power]
Section 453	[Subsequent Decision on Probationary Suspension of Sentence or Warning with Sentence Reserved]
Section 453a	[Instruction on Suspension of Sentence or Warning with Sentence Reserved]
Section 453b	[Supervision of the Convicted Person]
Section 453c	[Warrant of Arrest on Revocation]
Section 454	[Suspension of Remainder of Sentence]
Section 454a	[Extension of Probation Period; Revocation of Suspension of Remainder of Sentence]
Section 454b	[Execution of Prison Sentences and of Default Imprisonment]
Section 455	[Postponement of Execution of a Prison Sentence]
Section 455a	[Postponement or Interruption on Grounds of Institutional Organization]
Section 456	[Temporary Postponement]
Section 456a	[Dispensing With Execution in the Case of Extradition or Expulsion]
Section 456b	(Deleted)
Section 456c	[Postponement and Suspension of Prohibition of Permit of an Occupation]
Section 457	[Arrest Warrant]
Section 458	[Court Decisions on Execution of Sentence]
Section 459	[Execution of Fine]
Section 459a	[Facilitating Payment]
Section 459b	[Setting off Instalments]
Section 459c	[Recovery of Fine]
Section 459d	[No Execution]
Section 459e	[Execution of Default Imprisonment]
Section 459f	[Dispensing with Execution of Default Imprisonment]
Section 459g	[Execution of Incidental Consequences]
Section 459h	[Legal Remedy]
Section 459i	[Execution of Property Fine]
Section 460	[Subsequent Aggregate Penalty]
Section 461	[Credit for Confinement in Hospital]
Section 462	[Procedure in the Case of Court Decision]
Section 462a	[Jurisdiction]
Section 463	[Execution of Measures of Reform and Prevention]
Section 463a	[Powers and Jurisdiction of the Supervisory Agencies]
Section 463b	[Seizure of Driver's Licence]
Section 463c	[Public Announcement]
Section 463d	[Court Assistance Agency]
CHAPTER II COSTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS
Section 464	[Decision on Costs]
Section 464a	[Definition of Costs]
Section 464b	[Assessment of Costs]
Section 464c	[Costs of Interpreters]
Section 464d	[Distribution of Expenses]
Section 465	[Duty of Convicted Person to Pay Costs]
Section 466	[Liability of Co-Offenders]
Section 467	[Costs on Acquittal]
Section 467a	[Withdrawal of Charges or Termination by the Public Prosecution Office]
Section 468	[Defendants Not Liable to Punishment]
Section 469	[Costs Charged to Person Laying Criminal Information]
Section 470	[Costs on Withdrawal of Application for Prosecution]
Section 471	[Costs of Private Prosecution]
Section 472	[Costs of Private Accessory Prosecution]
Section 472a	[Aggrieved Person's Expenses]
Section 472b	[Costs of Other Persons Involved]
Section 473	[Unsuccessful Appellate Remedy]
PART EIGHT PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND INSPECTION OF FILES, OTHER USE OF INFORMATION FOR PURPOSES TRANSCENDING PROCEEDINGS, DATA REGULATIONS, NATIONAL REGISTER OF PROCEEDINGS CONDUCTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICES
CHAPTER I PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND INSPECTION OF FILES, OTHER USE OF INFORMATION FOR PURPOSES TRANSCENDING PROCEEDINGS
Section 474	[Provision of file information and other Information to Judicial Authorities and Other Public Institutions]
Section 475	[Information and File Inspection for Private Individuals and Other Institutions]
Section 476	[Transmission of Personal Data for Research Purposes]
Section 477	[Admissibility of the Transfer of Information]
Section 478	[Competence, Requested Files, Appellate Remedies]
Section 479	[Transmission of Information Ex Officio]
Section 480	[Special Statutory Provisions Excepted]
Section 481	[Personal Information from Criminal Proceedings for the Police]
Section 482	[Notification of Police of the Outcome of Criminal Proceedings]
Chapter II Provisions on Data Files
Section 483	[Data File for Criminal Proceedings]
Section 484	[Use of Data in Future Criminal Proceedings]
Section 485	[Administration of Proceedings]
Section 486	[Common Data Files]
Section 487	[Transmission of Stored Data]
Section 488	[Automated Retrieval Procedure]
Section 489	[Correction, Deletion or Blocking]
Section 490	[Establishing Order]
Section 491	[Informing the Affected Person]
Section 492	[National Register of Proceedings Conducted by Public Prosecution Offices]
Section 493	[Automated Inquiry and Disclosure Procedure]
Section 494	[Correctionand Deletion of the Data]
Section 495	[Information]

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