District Court (Switzerland)

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Werdenberg District Court ( Canton of St. Gallen )

In Switzerland , the following courts carry the designation district court :

In the canton of St. Gallen , the seven district courts form the first instance.

In the canton of Valais , there are three district courts. You decide on criminal offenses that cannot be the responsibility of the single judge under federal law.

There are two civil district courts in the canton of Basel-Landschaft .

Before the reorganization of the administrative structure, today's regional courts in the canton of Bern were called the district court.

The former district courts of the Canton of Graubünden were also repealed with the “Court Reform 1” in 2000 and their competences were transferred to the district courts, which were also first instance.

For the first instance in the other cantons, see the article District Court (Switzerland) .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SG: Judicial Act ( Memento of December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) of April 2, 1987 (in particular Art. 3, 5, 6)
  2. ↑ VS: Art. 11 RPflG, SGS 173.1
  3. ↑ VS: Art. 12 EGStPO, SGS 312.0
  4. ↑ BL: § 16 GOG, SGS 170
  5. ↑ BE: Law on the Organization of Judicial Authorities in Civil and Criminal Matters (GOG) ( Memento of December 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) of March 14, 1995 (in particular Art. 1, 20–29)
  6. ↑ Yes to a balanced and convincing judicial reform