Committees of inquiry |
Committees of inquiry |
Article 44[Committees of inquiry]
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| (1) The Bundestag shall have the right, and on the motion of one quarter of its Members the duty, to establish a commitee of inquiry, which shall take the requisite evidence at public hearings. The public may be excluded.
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| (2) The rules of criminal procedure shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the taking of evidence. The privacy of correspondence, posts and telecommunications shall not be affected.
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| (3) Courts and administrative authorities shall be required to provide legal and administrative assistance.
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| (4) The decisions of committees of inquiry shall not be subject to judicial review. The courts shall be free to evaluate and rule upon the facts that were the subject of the investigation.
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