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Courts Constitution Act
(Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz – GVG)

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Übersetzung durch Kathleen Müller-Rostin. Laufende Aktualisierung der Übersetzung durch Eileen Flügel.

Translation provided by Kathleen Müller-Rostin. Translation regularly updated by Eileen Flügel.

Stand: Die Übersetzung berücksichtigt die Änderung(en) des Gesetzes durch Artikel 2 des Gesetzes vom 20. März 2026 (BGBl. 2026 I Nr. 95)
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First Title
Jurisdiction
Section 1
Sections 2 to 9(repealed)
Section 10
Section 11(repealed)
Section 12
Section 13
Section 13a
Section 14
Section 15(repealed)
Section 16
Section 17
Section 17a
Section 17b
Section 17c
Section 18
Section 19
Section 20
Section 21
Second Title
General provisions concerning the presiding committee and the allocation of court business
Section 21a
Section 21b
Section 21c
Section 21d
Section 21e
Section 21f
Section 21g
Section 21h
Section 21i
Section 21j
Third Title
Local courts
Section 22
Section 22a
Section 22b
Section 22c
Section 22d
Section 23
Section 23a
Section 23b
Section 23c
Section 23d
Section 24
Section 25
Section 26
Section 26a(repealed)
Section 27
Fourth Title
Courts with lay judges
Section 28
Section 29
Section 30
Section 31
Section 32
Section 33
Section 34
Section 35
Section 36
Section 37
Section 38
Section 39
Section 40
Section 41
Section 42
Section 43
Section 44
Section 45
Section 46
Section 47
Section 48
Section 49
Section 50
Section 51
Section 52
Section 53
Section 54
Section 55
Section 56
Section 57
Section 58
Fifth Title
Regional courts
Section 59
Section 60
Sections 61 to 69(repealed)
Section 70
Section 71
Section 72
Section 72a
Section 73
Section 73a(repealed)
Section 74
Section 74a
Section 74b
Section 74c
Section 74d
Section 74e
Section 74f
Section 75
Section 76
Section 77
Section 78
Title 5a
Criminal divisions with jurisdiction over execution of sentences
Section 78a
Section 78b
Sixth Title
Criminal divisions with lay judges (repealed)
Sections 79 to 92(repealed)
Seventh Title
Commercial chambers
Section 93
Section 94
Section 95
Section 96
Section 97
Section 98
Section 99
Section 100
Section 101
Section 102
Section 103
Section 104
Section 105
Section 106
Section 107
Section 108
Section 109
Section 110
Section 111(repealed)
Section 112
Section 113
Section 114
Eighth Title
Higher regional courts
Section 115
Section 115a(repealed)
Section 116
Section 117
Section 118
Section 119
Section 119a
Section 119b
Section 120
Section 120a
Section 120b
Section 121
Section 122
Ninth Title
Federal Court of Justice
Section 123
Section 124
Section 125
Sections 126 to 129(repealed)
Section 130
Section 131(repealed)
Section 131a(repealed)
Section 132
Section 133
Section 134(repealed)
Section 134a(repealed)
Section 135
Section 136(repealed)
Section 137(repealed)
Section 138
Section 139
Section 140
Title 9a
Jurisdiction over proceedings to reopen cases in criminal matters
Section 140a
Tenth Title
Public prosecution office
Section 141
Section 142
Section 142a
Section 142b
Section 143
Section 144
Section 145
Section 145a(repealed)
Section 146
Section 147
Section 148
Section 149
Section 150
Section 151
Section 152
Eleventh Title
Court registry
Section 153
Twelfth Title
Officials entrusted with service and execution
Section 154
Section 155
Thirteenth Title
Mutual assistance
Section 156
Section 157
Section 158
Section 159
Section 160
Section 161
Section 162
Section 163
Section 164
Section 165(repealed)
Section 166
Section 167
Section 168
Fourteenth Title
Publicity and court officers
Section 169
Section 170
Section 171(repealed)
Section 171a
Section 171b
Section 172
Section 173
Section 174
Section 175
Section 176
Section 177
Section 178
Section 179
Section 180
Section 181
Section 182
Section 183
Fifteenth Title
Language of the court
Section 184
Section 184a
Section 184b
Section 185
Section 186
Section 187
Section 188
Section 189
Section 190
Section 191
Section 191a
Sixteenth Title
Deliberations and voting
Section 192
Section 193
Section 194
Section 195
Section 196
Section 197
Seventeenth Title
Legal redress for excessive length of court proceedings and of criminal investigation proceedings
Section 198
Section 199
Section 200
Section 201