Art. 357 CrimPC from 2023

Art. 357 Contravention Proceedings
1 The administrative authorities appointed to prosecute and adjudicate contraventions have the powers of the public prosecutor.
2 The procedure is governed mutatis mutandis by the regulations on the summary penalty order procedure.
3 If elements of the contravention have not been fulfilled, so the authority responsible for prosecuting contraventions shall abandon the proceedings by issuing a ruling with a brief statement of the reasons.
4 If in the view of the authority responsible for prosecuting contraventions the facts of the case constitute a felony or misdemeanour, it shall refer the case to the public prosecutor.
Es besteht kein Anspruch auf Aktualität und Vollständigkeit/Richtigkeit.