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federal law. In the case of executive agreements the provisions
concerning the federal administration shall apply mutatis
mutandis.
Article 59a (repealed)
Article 60
[Appointment of civil servants – Pardon – Immunity]
(1) The Federal President shall appoint and dismiss federal
judges, federal civil servants, and commissioned and noncommissioned
offi cers of the Armed Forces, except as may
otherwise be provided by a law.
(2) He shall exercise the power to pardon individual offenders
on behalf of the Federation.
(3) He may delegate these powers to other authorities.
(4) Paragraphs (2) to (4) of Article 46 shall apply to the Federal
President mutatis mutandis.
Article 61
[Impeachment before the Federal Constitutional Court]
(1) The Bundestag or the Bundesrat may impeach the Federal
President before the Federal Constitutional Court for wilful
violation of this Basic Law or of any other federal law. The
motion of impeachment must be supported by at least one
quarter of the Members of the Bundestag or one quarter of
the votes of the Bundesrat. The decision to impeach shall
require a majority of two thirds of the Members of the Bundestag
or of two thirds of the votes of the Bundesrat. The
case for impeachment shall be presented before the Federal
Constitutional Court by a person commissioned by the impeaching
body.
(2) If the Federal Constitutional Court fi nds the Federal President
guilty of a wilful violation of this Basic Law or of any
other federal law, it may declare that he has forfeited his
offi ce. After the Federal President has been impeached,
the Court may issue an interim order preventing him from
exercising his functions.
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