Control Board Act

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Basic data
Title: Law on parliamentary control of federal intelligence activities
Short title: Control Board Act
Abbreviation: PKGrG
Type: Federal law
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Legal matter: State law , state protection
References : 12-12
Original version from: April 11, 1978 ( BGBl. I p. 453 )
Entry into force on: April 13, 1978
Last revision from: July 29, 2009 ( BGBl. I p. 2346 )
Entry into force of the
new version on: 		4th August 2009
Last change by: Art. 13b of December 9, 2019
( Federal Law Gazette I pp. 2053, 2087 )
Effective date of the
last change: 		January 1, 2020
(Art. 13b of December 9, 2019)
GESTA : B075
Weblink: Text of the PKGrG
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The Act on the Parliamentary Control of the Federal Intelligence Service Activity (abbreviated: Control Board Act ) is the basis of the Parliamentary Control Board (PKGr). It is under the control of the Federal Intelligence Service , the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Military Counter-Intelligence Service .

The PKGr has its own rules of procedure ( Section 3 Paragraph 1 Clause 3 PKGrG). The members of the PKGr are elected by the German Bundestag at the beginning of each electoral term ( Section 2 (1) PKGrG). The Bundestag determines the number of members, the composition and the functioning of the PKGr ( Section 2 (2 ) PKGrG). The members of the committee are obliged to maintain complete secrecy ( Section 10 (1) sentence 2 PKGrG). As a matter of principle, they are not authorized to pass on the knowledge they have gained in the body to other Members - not even to the group chairmen . Prior approval can only be given if there is a two-thirds majority of the members present; However, this only applies to the assessment of current processes ( Section 10 (2 ) PKGrG).

The PKGr is comprehensively informed by the federal government about general activities and events of particular importance ( Section 4 (1) sentence 1 PKGrG). The members of the PKGr have the right to inspect files and can hear employees of the federal intelligence services ( Section 5 PKGrG). You can also commission an expert to carry out investigations ( Section 7 PKGrG). The Federal Government can refuse to provide information for imperative reasons of access to the news if the core area of ​​executive personal responsibility is affected or to protect personal rights ( Section 6 (2) sentence 1 PKGrG).

developments

In the context of the discussion of the activities of BND officials in the Iraq war (2003) and after the news that the BND had spied on journalists, an amendment to the law was suggested. In particular, the publication options should be expanded. The law was revised in 2009.

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