Military disciplinary code

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Basic data
Title: Military disciplinary code
Abbreviation: WDO
Type: Federal law
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Legal matter: Military law , disciplinary law
References : 52-5
Original version from: March 15, 1957
( BGBl. I p. 189 )
Entry into force on: April 1, 1957
New announcement from: September 4, 1972
( BGBl. I p. 1665 )
Last revision from: August 16, 2001
( BGBl. I p. 2093 )
Entry into force of the
new version on: 		January 1, 2002
Last change by: Art. 15 G of 4 August 2019
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1147, 1158 )
Effective date of the
last change: 		August 9, 2019
(Art. 34 G of August 4, 2019)
GESTA : H002
Weblink: Text of the WDO
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the Military Disciplinary Code (WDO) regulates the appreciation of special achievements and the punishment of offenses committed by soldiers in the Bundeswehr . " Formal recognitions " are given for special achievements, and misconduct can be subject to disciplinary measures.

Simple disciplinary measures may be imposed by the disciplinary superiors, judicial measures only by military service courts .

structure

  • Introductory Provisions
  • First part: Appreciation of special achievements through formal recognition
  • Second part: punishment of offenses by disciplinary measures
    • First section: General provisions
    • Section two: The disciplinary authority of the disciplinary superiors and their exercise
      • 1. Simple disciplinary action
      • 2. Disciplinary Authority
      • 3. Exercise of disciplinary authority
      • 4. Complaint against measures and decisions of the disciplinary superior
      • 5. Re-examination
      • 6. Enforcement
    • Third section: the judicial disciplinary procedure
      • 1. Judicial disciplinary action
      • 2. Military service courts
      • 3. Defense disciplinary attorneys
      • 4. General rules for judicial disciplinary proceedings
      • 5. Initiation of the procedure
      • 6. Defense disciplinary attorney's investigation
      • 7. Proceedings up to the main hearing
      • 8. Main hearing
      • 9. Judicial application process
      • 10. Appeal
      • 11. Provisional dismissal, withholding remuneration
      • 12. Application procedure before the military service court in the event of subsequent criminal prosecution
      • 13. Resumption of judicial disciplinary proceedings
      • 14. Enforcement of Disciplinary Actions
      • 15. Costs of the proceedings
  • Final provisions