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What it is

How Spain's military courts and judges are organized

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 27 November 1997. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Official title: Government bill on the Organization and Territorial Structure of the Military Jurisdiction.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000090· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The Central Military Court and the Central Military Trial Courts cover all of Spain. The rest of the territory is split into five military territories, whose boundaries match the Autonomous Communities.
  2. Each territory has a Territorial Military Court based in Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, A Coruña or Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Each has one Section, except the Seville court, which will get a Second Section when the Government decides.
  3. Two Central Military Trial Courts are created in Madrid, and the law details the military courts in each territory: how many there are, which provinces they cover and which city they are based in.
  4. If a military judge cannot act, the Governing Chamber of the Central Military Court urgently appoints another judge from the same territory to take over the court.

Who it affects

  • Members of the military and military judges: Their courts are reorganized: seats, numbers and jurisdictions change.
  • People with open military court cases: If they have an ongoing case, the court handling it may change and scheduled hearings are suspended.
  • The Government: Can activate the Second Section of the Second Territorial Military Court through a Royal Decree.

Words worth knowing

Juzgado Togado Militar
A military court led by a qualified judge (togado refers to wearing the judge's robe).
Jurisdicción militar
The set of courts that handle cases within the military sphere.
Planta
The number of courts of each type that exist.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced27 November 1997Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted2 December 1997The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendments5 December 1997Groups propose changes.
  4. Committee17 February 1998A committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senate6 October 1998The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOE1 December 1998It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 8 official steps on a timeline
Dec 1997Mar 1998Jun 1998Sept 199811. 27 November 1997: Presentación22. 2 December 1997: Comisión de Justicia e Interior Publicación desde 02/12/1997 hasta 05/12/199733. 2 December 1997: Calificación44. 5 December 1997: Comisión de Justicia e Interior Enmiendas desde 05/12/1997 hasta 17/02/199855. 17 February 1998: Comisión de Justicia e Interior Informe desde 17/02/1998 hasta 23/09/199866. 23 September 1998: Comisión de Justicia e Interior Aprobación con competencia legislativa plena desde 23/09/1998 hasta 06/10/199877. 6 October 1998: Senado desde 06/10/1998 hasta 01/12/199888. 1 December 1998: Concluido - (Aprobado sin modificaciones) desde 01/12/1998 hasta 12/01/1999

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

Presented before in:

Published in the BOE: Act 44/1998, of December 15, on the Staffing and Territorial Organization of the Military Jurisdiction.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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