Section 5
The Constitutional Court
Art. 60
The Bavarian Constitutional Court shall be the supreme court for questions of constitutional law
Art. 61
(1) The Bavarian Constitutional Court shall rule on impeachments of a member of the State Government or the Bavarian State Parliament
(2) The impeachment of a member of the State Government shall be based on a wilful violation of the Constitutions or a law by such member
(3) The impeachment of a member of the Bavarian State Parliament shall be based on the abuse for gain of his/her influence or knowledge as member of the Bavarian State Parliament in a way that brings the reputation of the Bavarian State Parliament into serious discredit, or on deliberately revealing any commutations to a third party anticipating that they would become public, despite a motion of confidentiality passed in a sitting of the Bavarian State Parliament or a meeting of its committees
(4) 1 An impeachment shall be brought by the Bavarian State Parliament on a motion of one third of the legal number of members and it shall require a majority of two thirds of this number of members 2 Each member of the State Government or the Bavarian State Parliament can file a motion against himself/herself
Art. 62
The Bavarian Constitutional Court shall rule on the exclusion of political groups from elections and votes (Art 15 (2))
Art. 63
The Bavarian Constitutional Court shall rule on the validity of the election of members of the Bavarian State Parliament and the loss of the seat in the Bavarian State Parliament (Art 33)
Art. 64
The Bavarian Constitutional Court shall rule on constitutional disputes between the supreme state organs or parts of a supreme state organ endowed with their own rights by the Constitution
Art. 65
The Bavarian Constitutional Court shall rule on the constitutionality of laws (Art 92)
Art. 66
The Bavarian Constitutional Court shall rule on appeals due to a violation of the constitutional rights by an authority (Art 48 (3), Art 120)
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