Military disciplinary code
Basic data | |
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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
- a) Appeal against court decisions
- b) Appeal
- c) Legal force
- 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