Law on the Defense Commissioner of the German Bundestag

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Basic data
Title: Law on the Defense Commissioner of
the German Bundestag
Short title: Act on Article 45b of the Basic Law
Abbreviation: WBeauftrG
Type: Federal law
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Issued on the basis of: Art. 45b sentence 2 GG
Legal matter: Military law
References : 50-2
Original version from: June 26, 1957 ( BGBl. I p. 652 )
Entry into force on: June 29, 1957
New announcement from: June 16, 1982 ( BGBl. I p. 677 )
Last change by: Art. 15 para. 68 G of February 5, 2009
( BGBl. I pp. 160, 267 )
Effective date of the
last change: 		February 12, 2009
(Art. 17 para. 11 G of February 5, 2009)
Weblink: Text of the WBeauftrG
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The law under Article 45b of the Basic Law (also known as the Armed Forces Commissioner Act ) is a German federal law enacted on the basis of Article 45b sentence 2 of the Basic Law that regulates the affairs of the Armed Forces Commissioner of the German Bundestag , e. B. Legal status, duties, powers, duties, choice and provision.

According to this, the Armed Forces Commissioner performs his duties as an auxiliary body of the Bundestag in exercising parliamentary control . It acts on the instructions of the Bundestag or the Defense Committee to examine certain processes and, at its due discretion, on the basis of its own decision.

The Defense Commissioner submits an annual report to the Bundestag and can submit individual reports to the Defense Committee at any time.

He is authorized to request information and inspection of files from the Federal Minister of Defense and all departments and persons subordinate to him, to give the competent authorities the opportunity to settle a matter, to forward a case to the authority responsible for initiating criminal or disciplinary proceedings, and at all times to all units and staffs , departments and agencies of the Bundeswehr and its facilities visit without prior notification, summary reports from the Federal Minister of defense on the exercise of disciplinary powers demand and in criminal proceedings and judicial disciplinary proceedings the proceedings of the courts to attend, and the public is so far excluded.

Courts and administrative authorities of the Federal , the country and the municipalities are obliged to inform the Military Commissioner in carrying out his work assistance to provide.

Every soldier has the right to contact the Armed Forces Commissioner directly without having to comply with official channels . Due to the fact that the defense commissioner has been called upon, he may not be disciplined or discriminated against. However, the entries may not be submitted anonymously .

The Armed Forces Commissioner is elected by the majority of the Bundestag without discussion for a period of five years, whereby re-election is permitted.

He stands in a public official capacity and receives emoluments amounting to 75 percent of a Federal Minister , what the level of grade B 11 Federal Pay Act corresponds.

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  1. ↑ § 1 Abs. 1 WBeauftrG
  2. ↑ § 1 Paragraph 2 WBeauftrG
  3. ↑ § 1 Paragraph 3 WBeauftrG
  4. ↑ § 2 Paragraph 1 WBeauftrG
  5. ↑ § 2 Paragraph 2 WBeauftrG
  6. ↑ § 3 WBeauftrG
  7. ↑ § 4 WBeauftrG
  8. ↑ § 7 WBeauftrG
  9. ↑ § 8 WBeauftrG
  10. ↑ § 13 WBeauftrG
  11. ↑ Section 14 (2) WBeauftrG
  12. ↑ Section 15, Paragraph 1WBeauftrG
  13. ↑ Section 18 (1) WBeauftrG