COVID-19: Amendement to the Regulation establishing special provisions in criminal matters to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Nov 30, 2020 Benn-Ibler Rechtsanwälte

Regulation of the Federal Minister of Justice amending special provisions in criminal matters.

§ 9 of the Federal Law on Accompanying Measures for COVID-19 in the Judiciary (Das Bundesgesetz betreffend Begleitmaßnahmen zu COVID-19 in der Justiz , 1.COVID-19-JuBG) decrees the competence of the Federal Minister to take provisional measures with regard to the Corona crisis. Based on this, the Regulation, by which special provisions in criminal matters were taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19, is amended as follows:

• Visits, with the exception of visits by representatives of public bodies and care institutions and by legal advisers pursuant to § 5 (1), shall be limited to telephone contacts until the end of 10 May 2020.
• Furthermore, a second paragraph is added to § 5, according to which several visitors may not be admitted to visit a prisoner at the same time, unless it concerns a visitor who has not yet reached the age of 14 and his adult accompanying person.

The changes came into force on 01.05.2020, at which time § 3 became invalid. The regulation shall expire on 31 May 2020.

BGBl. II No. 180 2020