Regulation of the Judicial Directorate on Central Accounting and Controlling - Scope

1. This Regulation Governs the Central Accounting and Controlling of the Courts and the Bankruptcy Office.

1. The Central Accounting and Controlling is part of the General Secretariat.

2. The Central Collection Office is part of the Central Accounting and Controlling.

1. Central Accounting and Controlling, on behalf of the judiciary management and within the framework of legislation on performance-oriented management of tasks and finances, is responsible for planning, budgeting, and reporting.

2. The responsibilities of Central Accounting and Controlling also include the management of certificates of loss.

1. The Central Collection Agency assumes the collection of claims written off at the expense of the state budget for all conciliation authorities and the courts.

1. The Central Collection Office regularly checks whether parties who have been granted free legal aid or official defense can be obliged to make additional payments or reimbursements in accordance with Art. 123 of the Civil Procedure Code (ZPO) or Art. 135 para. 4 of the Criminal Procedure Code (StPO).

2. It is authorized to independently conduct the necessary inquiries with the relevant authorities (both within and outside the canton) if the parties do not voluntarily provide information.

3. If the parties do not voluntarily make the corresponding additional payment, the Central Collection Office submits a request to the competent court for the initiation of an additional payment procedure.

1. Requests for cost waiver and consents to a settlement agreement concerning court costs that have been imposed with legal finality are processed by the Central Accounting and Controlling Department.

1. The Central Accounting and Controlling Office is the competence center for managing loss certificates.

2. It is authorized to independently carry out the necessary clarifications with the relevant authorities (both within the canton and outside), in cases where the parties do not voluntarily provide information.

1. This regulation enters into force on May 1, 2014.