Church exit law (North Rhine-Westphalia)
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law regulating the withdrawal from churches, religious communities and ideological communities under public law |
| Short title: | Church exit law |
| Previous title: | Law on leaving churches and religious communities under public law |
| Abbreviation: | KiAustrG |
| Type: | State Law |
| Scope: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Legal matter: | State Church Law |
| References : | SGV. NRW. 222 |
| Original version from: | November 30, 1920 ( PrGS. 1921 p. 119) |
| Entry into force on: | January 31, 1921 |
| New announcement from: | November 7, 1961 ( GV. NW. P. 325, Anl. I (PrGS. NW.) P. 63) |
| Last revision from: | May 26, 1981 (GV. NW. P. 260) |
| Entry into force of the new version on: |
4th August 1981 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 2 G of April 1, 2014 (GV. NRW. P. 251) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
April 10, 2014 (Art. 3 G of April 1, 2014) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The law regulating the exit from churches, religious communities and ideological communities under public law (Church Exit Act - KiAustrG) regulates the exit from a church or from another religious community or ideological community under public law with effect for the state in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia .
It dates from May 26, 1981 ( GV. NW. S. 260 / SGV. NRW. 222) and was changed by the Second Law on Limiting the State Law of North Rhine-Westphalia of April 5, 2005 (GV. NRW. S. 274) .
Exit costs
As a result of a new regulation, there have been costs for leaving for the first time since 2006. The fee of 30 euros is levied by the Justice Administration Costs Act (JVKostG NRW) . The state parliament assumed 60,000 resignations per year and additional income for the state of 1.8 million euros. A constitutional complaint was filed against the law in 2006, which the Federal Constitutional Court rejected in 2008. The court pointed out that the state's exit from the church could only be reliably recorded through a formal procedure.
As a rule, the declaration must be made at the district court in whose district the declaring person is domiciled . The fee can be reduced or waived for social reasons.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Act in its current version ( online ).
- ↑ Determination of costs in § 6 revised by Article I of the law of June 13, 2006 (GV.NRW. P. 291), which came into force on July 8, 2006
- ↑ a b Federal Constitutional Court, states may collect fees for leaving the church. In: Der Spiegel , August 8, 2008 ( online ).
- ↑ Law amending the law regulating the exit from churches, religious communities and ideological communities under public law (Church Exit Act - KiAustrG) and the law on costs in the area of justice administration (Justice Administration Costs Act - JVKostG) , GVBl. NRW. No. 16 p. 291 ( online ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice .; PDF; 62 kB).
- ↑ Press release at Humanistischer Pressedienst, November 6, 2006 ( online ).
- ↑ suit text ( online ).
- ↑ Federal Constitutional Court, decision of July 2, 2008, Az. 1 BvR 3006/07 ( online ).
