List of Articles of the Basic Law

Front page of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany

This list ranks the sections and articles of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (GG).

The preamble precedes the articles . The articles of the Basic Law are numbered up to Article 146 of the Basic Law. Including all sub-articles, the Basic Law comprises a total of 202 articles. Five of these articles were repealed (Art. 49, Art. 59a, Art. 74a ( Memento of 29 May 2006 in the Internet Archive ), Art. 75 ( Memento of 29 May 2006 in the Internet Archive ) and Art. 142a GG). Four other articles are wholly or partially obsolete today due to the passage of time or execution ( Art. 132 , Art. 136 , Art. 137 and Art. 144 GG). In the appendix to the Basic Law, there are five articles of the Weimar Constitution that continue to apply ( Art. 136 , Art. 137 , Art. 138 , Art. 139 and Art. 141 WRV) in accordance with Art. 140 GG .

The articles of the Weimar Imperial Constitution are on an equal footing with the other articles.

The fundamental rights

The basic rights of the Basic Law in their original version, at the Jakob-Kaiser-Haus in Berlin

Preamble to the Basic Law

→ Main article : Fundamental rights (Germany)

• Article 1 - Protection of human dignity , human rights , binding of fundamental rights
• Article 2 - Free development of personality , right to life , physical integrity , freedom of the person ( see also triad of barriers )
• Article 3 - Equality before the law ( see also equality )
• Article 4 - Freedom of religion, conscience and professions , conscientious objection
• Article 5 - freedom of speech , media freedom , artistic and academic freedom ( see also Research freedom , freedom of communication , censorship , freedom of information )
• Article 6 - marriage, family, illegitimate children ( see also parental rights , maternity protection )
• Article 7 - Education
• Article 8 - Freedom of Assembly
• Article 9 - Freedom of association ( see also freedom of association )
• Article 10 - Correspondence , mail and telecommunications secrecy
• Article 11 - Freedom of Movement
• Article 12 - Freedom of occupation ( see also protection against forced labor )
• Article 12a - Service obligations ( see also alternative military service )
• Article 13 - Inviolability of the home
• Article 14 - Property , inheritance and expropriation
• Article 15 - Socialization, transfer to common property
• Article 16 - Expatriation , Extradition
• Article 16a - Right of Asylum
• Article 17 - Right of petition
• Article 17a - Possibility of restricting certain basic rights for those doing military service and alternative service as well as through laws that serve the defense
• Article 18 - Forfeiture of fundamental rights
• Article 19 - Restriction of fundamental rights , holders of fundamental rights , legal protection ( see also quotation requirement , essential content guarantee )

The federal government and the states

Original print of the Basic Law

• Article 20 - State , welfare state , democracy , republic , separation of powers , legality ( reservation of law and supremacy of law ); Right of resistance
• Article 20a - Protection of the natural foundations of life
• Article 21 - Political parties in Germany
• Article 22 - Federal capital , federal flag
• Article 23 - Realization of the European Union ; Involvement of the Bundesrat , the federal government ( Europe article )
• Article 24 - Collective Security System
• Article 25 - General international law as part of federal law
• Article 26 - Prohibition of aggressive war
• Article 27 - Merchant Fleet
• Article 28 - Constitution of the Länder ; Self-governance guarantee
• Article 29 - Reorganization of the federal territory
• Article 30 - Statehood and jurisdiction of the Länder
• Article 31 - Primacy of Federal Law
• Article 32 - External Relations
• Article 33 - Citizenship equality , traditional principles of civil service
• Article 34 - State Liability
• Article 35 - mutual assistance ; Administrative assistance
• Article 36 - Federal civil servants
• Article 37 - Federal compulsion

The Bundestag

• Article 38 - Choice
• Article 39 - Parliamentary term , self-organization
• Article 40 - President of the Bundestag , Deputy
• Article 41 - Electoral Exam
• Article 42 - Publicity of the Bundestag sessions , majorities in the Bundestag
• Article 43 - The Federal Government's duty and right to attend
• Article 44 - Committees of inquiry
• Article 45 - Committee on the European Union
• Article 45a - Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees
• Article 45b - Military Commissioner
• Article 45c - Committee on Petitions
• Article 45d - Parliamentary Control Body
• Article 46 - Immunity and indemnity of Members
• Article 47 - Members' right to refuse to testify
• Article 48 - Optional leave , prohibition of discrimination , exemption from travel expenses
• Article 49 - has been repealed

The Federal Council

• Article 50 - Duties , representation of the member states
• Article 51 - Composition
• Article 52 - President of the Federal Council , deputy , majorities , European Chamber
• Article 53 - Right and obligation of the federal government to be present

Joint committee

• Article 53a - Composition , elections

The federal president

• Article 54 - Federal Assembly , Head of State
• Article 55 - Prohibition of professions and trades
• Article 56 - Oath of Office
• Article 57 - Representation of the Federal President
• Article 58 - Countersignature by the Federal Chancellor or Federal Minister
• Article 59 - Representation of the Federation under international law , international treaties
• Article 59a - has been repealed
• Article 60 - Appointment of federal judges, federal officials and officers, right to pardon
• Article 61 - Presidential charge of willful wrongdoing

The federal government

• Article 62 - Composition of the Federal Government
• Article 63 - Election of the Federal Chancellor
• Article 64 - Appointment of Federal Ministers
• Article 65 - Political guidelines , responsibility of the federal ministers
• Article 65a - Authority and Command
• Article 66 - Prohibition of professions and trades
• Article 67 - Constructive vote of no confidence in the Chancellor
• Article 68 - vote of confidence , dissolution of the Bundestag
• Article 69 - Representation of the Federal Chancellor

Federal legislation

• Article 70 - Federal and State Legislation
• Article 71 - Exclusive legislation
• Article 72 - Competing Legislation
• Article 73 - Subjects of exclusive legislation
• Article 74 - Subjects of Competing Legislation
• Article 74a - has been repealed
• Article 75 - has been repealed
• Article 76 - Bills
• Article 77 - Procedure for legislative decisions
• Article 78 - Conclusion of Federal Laws
• Article 79 - Amendments to the Basic Law
• Article 80 - Adoption of ordinances
• Article 80a - Voltage drop
• Article 81 - Legislative Emergency
• Article 82 - Proclamation and Entry into Force of Laws

The execution of federal laws and federal administration

• Article 83 - Principle of the State Executive
• Article 84 - Land administration and federal supervision
• Article 85 - Administration of federal contracts by the states
• Article 86 - Federal administration
• Article 87 - Objects of the federal administration
• Article 87a - Armed Forces
• Article 87b - Federal Armed Forces Administration
• Article 87c - Provisions on the generation and use of nuclear energy
• Article 87d - Aviation Administration
• Article 87e - Federal Railways
• Article 87f - Post and Telecommunications
• Article 88 - Bundesbank
• Article 89 - Federal waterways
• Article 90 - Federal motorways and federal highways
• Article 91 - Defense against threats to the existence of the Federation

Community tasks, administrative cooperation

• Article 91a - Areas of federal involvement in state tasks
• Article 91b - Educational planning and research funding
• Article 91c - Information technology systems
• Article 91d - benchmarking
• Article 91e - Basic security for jobseekers

The case law

• Article 92 - Organization of courts ( Federal Constitutional Court , courts of the Länder , federal courts )
• Article 93 - Federal Constitutional Court, jurisdiction
• Article 94 - Federal Constitutional Court, composition
• Article 95 - Federal Supreme Courts
• Article 96 - Federal Courts
• Article 97 - Independence of judges
• Article 98 - Status of judges
• Article 99 - Constitutional dispute within a country
• Article 100 - Unconstitutionality of Laws
• Article 101 - Exceptional courts ( see also fundamental rights of justice )
• Article 102 - Abolition of the death penalty
• Article 103 - Basic rights in court ( see also Justice Fundamental Rights )
• Article 104 - Legal guarantees in the event of deprivation of liberty ( see also fundamental rights of justice )

Finance

• Article 104a - Division of tasks, burden sharing
• Article 104b - Grants for significant investments by the Länder
• Article 104c - Grants for significant investments in municipal educational infrastructure
• Article 105 - Legislative right
• Article 106 - Distribution of the tax revenue and income of the financial monopolies
• Article 106a - Federal grant for local public transport
• Article 106b - Country share of vehicle tax
• Article 107 - Financial equalization, supplementary allocations
• Article 108 - Financial management
• Article 109 - Budget management in the federal and state levels
• Article 109a - Budgetary Emergency
• Article 110 - Federal budget
• Article 111 - Pre-Approval Expenditure
• Article 112 - Extraordinary and extraordinary expenses
• Article 113 - increases in expenditure; Income reductions
• Article 114 - Accounting; Federal Audit Office
• Article 115 - Obtaining credit

Defense case

• Article 115a - Establishing a State of Defense
• Article 115b - Transfer of command and control from the Minister to the Federal Chancellor
• Article 115c - Expanded federal legislative competence
• Article 115d - Simplified federal legislative procedure
• Article 115e - Functions of the Joint Committee
• Article 115f - Extended powers of the federal government
• Article 115g - Position of the Federal Constitutional Court
• Article 115h - Terms of office and terms of office
• Article 115i - Extended powers of the state governments
• Article 115k - Applicability of laws and ordinances in a state of defense
• Article 115l - Cancellation of measures and termination of the state of defense

Transitional and final provisions

• Article 116 - Concept of " German "; National Socialist expatriation
• Article 117 - Transitional provision to Article 3, Paragraph 2 and Article 11
• Article 118 - Restructuring of the Baden and Württemberg states
• Article 118a - Reorganization of Berlin and Brandenburg
• Article 119 - Refugees and displaced persons
• Article 120 - Consequences of war and social security costs; Revenue sovereignty
• Article 120a - equalization of burdens
• Article 121 - Concept of majority
• Article 122 - Legislative powers to date
• Article 123 - Continuation of the old law
• Article 124 - Old law in the field of exclusive legislation
• Article 125 - Old Law in the Field of Competing Legislation
• Article 125a - Continuation of Federal Law ; Replacement by state law
• Article 125b - Continuation of Federal Law; different regulations by the federal states
• Article 125c - Continued application of federal law in the field of municipal transport financing and social housing promotion
• Article 126 - Dispute about the continued validity of the old law ( see Federal Constitutional Court )
• Article 127 - Law of the United Economic Territory
• Article 128 - Continuation of the right to issue instructions
• Article 129 - Continuation of authorizations for statutory instruments
• Article 130 - Reconciliation of administrative and judicial institutions
• Article 131 - Former members of the public service ( see also 131er )
• Article 132 - Exclusion from the public service (irrelevant due to the passage of time)
• Article 133 - Succession, United Economic Territory
• Article 134 - Legal succession to the Reich property
• Article 135 - Property in the event of a change of territory
• Article 135a - Liabilities of the Reich and other corporations
• Article 136 - First meeting of the Federal Council (irrelevant due to the passage of time)
• Article 137 - Eligibility of members of the public service (paragraphs 2 and 3 are irrelevant due to the passage of time)
• Article 138 - South German notary's office
• Article 139 - Denazification Regulations
• Article 140 - Adoption of the religious provisions of the Weimar Imperial Constitution (see #Appendix )
• Article 141 - Exceptions to religious instruction (so-called Bremen clause )
• Article 142 - Fundamental rights in state constitutions
• Article 142a - has been repealed
• Article 143 - Special provisions for the new federal states and East Berlin
• Article 143a - Transitional provisions for federal railways
• Article 143b - Conversion of the Deutsche Bundespost
• Article 143c - Transitional provisions due to discontinuation of federal financial aid
• Article 143d - Transitional provisions in the context of consolidation aid
• Article 144 - Ratification of the Basic Law (irrelevant by enforcement)
• Article 145 - Entry into force of the Basic Law
• Article 146 - Validity of the Basic Law

attachment

• Article 136 WRV - Religious independence of rights and obligations
• Article 137 WRV - Religious Societies
• Article 138 WRV - State benefits; Church property
• Article 139 WRV - Sunday and public holiday rest
• Article 141 WRV - Religious acts in public institutions ( see also State Church Law )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Horst Dreier : Basic rights. Historical development and current importance. An introduction. Müllheim / Baden, 2007.
2. ↑ Article 75 ( Memento of May 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive )