!!!Staatsanwaltschaft

Public Prosecutor´s Office, judicial authority, separated from 
the court, acting for the state in bringing in charges against 
criminals in a court of law. Officials serving at the Public 
Prosecutor´s Office have to have worked as judges (Richter), 
they are organised in a hierarchical order and bound by directives 
issued by their superiors. The Bezirksanwalt ("district 
attorney") acts for the Public Prosecutor´s Office at the 
Bezirksgericht (district court), the Staatsanwalt ("prosecuting 
attorney") at the Gerichtshof (next instance), the 
Oberstaatsanwalt ("superior prosecuting attorney") at the 
Oberlandesgericht (Higher Provincial Court) and the Generalprokurator 
("procurator-general") at the Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme 
Court of Justice). The Public Prosecutor´s Office also exercises 
its right of action in matters concerning civil status (nullity of 
marriage, actions to contest the legitimacy of a child).


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