(1) If the offence has been committed by or against a public official, persons entrusted with special public service functions, or a soldier in the Armed Forces and may be prosecuted upon request by his superior in the public service, the superior under whom the person concerned served at the time of the act is entitled to file the request.

(2) In the case of professional judges the person exercising disciplinary supervision over the judge shall be entitled to file the request in place of the superior in the public service. In the case of soldiers the superior in the public service shall be the disciplinary superior officer.

(3) In the case of a public official or a person entrusted with special public service functions who does not or did not have a superior in the public service, the public authority for which he acted may file the request. If the public official or the entrusted person is the head of this public authority, the state supervisory authority is entitled to file the request.

(4) In the case of members of the Federal Government or members of a state government, the Federal Government and state government, as the case may be, shall be entitled to file the request.