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Act on the Federal Constitutional Court
(Bundesverfassungsgerichtsgesetz – BVerfGG)

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Übersetzung durch das Bundesverfassungsgericht und, im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums der Justiz, Iyamide Mahdi und Ute Reusch. Laufende Aktualisierung der Übersetzung durch das Bundesverfassungsgericht.

Translation provided by the Federal Constitutional Court and, on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Justice, by Iyamide Mahdi and Ute Reusch. Translation regularly updated by the Federal Constitutional Court.

Stand: Die Übersetzung berücksichtigt die Änderung(en) des Gesetzes durch Artikel 3 des Gesetzes vom 22. Dezember 2025 (BGBl. I Nr. 349)
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Part 1
Constitution and jurisdiction of the Federal Constitutional Court
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 7a
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 15a
Section 16
Part 2
Proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court
Division 1
General procedural regulations
Section 17
Section 17a
Section 18
Section 19
Section 20
Section 21
Section 22
Section 23
Section 23a
Section 23b
Section 23c
Section 23d
Section 23e
Section 24
Section 25
Section 25a
Section 26
Section 27
Section 27a
Section 28
Section 29
Section 30
Section 31
Section 32
Section 33
Section 34
Section 34a
Section 35
Division 2
Access to files outside of proceedings
Section 35a
Section 35b
Section 35c
Part 3
Specific types of proceedings
Division 1
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 1
[Forfeiture of fundamental rights]
Section 36
Section 37
Section 38
Section 39
Section 40
Section 41
Section 42(repealed)
Division 2
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 nos. 2 and 2a
[Prohibition of political parties; exclusion from state funding]
Section 43
Section 44
Section 45
Section 46
Section 46a
Section 47
Division 3
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 3
[Scrutiny of elections]
Section 48
Division 4
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 4
[Impeachment of the Federal President]
Section 49
Section 50
Section 51
Section 52
Section 53
Section 54
Section 55
Section 56
Section 57
Division 5
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 9
[Impeachment of judges]
Section 58
Section 59
Section 60
Section 61
Section 62
Division 6
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 5
[Disputes between constitutional organs]
Section 63
Section 64
Section 65
Section 66
Section 66a
Section 67
Division 7
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 7
[Disputes between the Federation and the Länder]
Section 68
Section 69
Section 70
Division 8
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 8
[Other public-law disputes between the Federation and the Länder, among Länder, or within one Land]
Section 71
Section 72
Division 9
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 10
[Constitutional disputes within a Land]
Section 73
Section 74
Section 75
Division 10
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 nos. 6 and 6a
[Abstract judicial review of statutes]
Section 76
Section 77
Section 78
Section 79
Division 11
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 nos. 11 and 11a
[Judicial review of statutes; judicial review of decisions to establish a committee of inquiry]
Section 80
Section 81
Section 81a
Section 82
Section 82a
Division 12
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 12
[Judicial review of public international law]
Section 83
Section 84
Division 13
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 13
[Referral by a Land constitutional court]
Section 85
Division 14
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 14
[Continued validity of law as federal law]
Section 86
Section 87
Section 88
Section 89
Division 15
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 8a
[Constitutional complaint]
Section 90
Section 91
Section 91a(repealed)
Section 92
Section 93
Section 93a
Section 93b
Section 93c
Section 93d
Section 94
Section 95
Section 95a(repealed)
Division 16
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 6b
[Examination of the necessity of a federal regulation]
Section 96
Division 17
Procedure in the cases referred to in section 13 no. 3a
Section 96a
Section 96b
Section 96c
Section 96d
Part 4
Formal complaint against judicial delay
(Verzögerungsbeschwerde)
Section 97a
Section 97b
Section 97c
Section 97d
Section 97e
Part 5
Final provisions
Section 98
Section 99(repealed)
Section 100
Section 101
Section 102
Section 103
Section 104
Section 105
Section 106(repealed)
Section 107(repealed)