Prosecution Section

Powers of the Prosecution Section as a body of the Court of Audit:

Exercise jurisdiction
Prepare the Summary of the court proceedings during the relevant financial year and make an appropriate proposal to the Plenum.
Submit to the Plenum the amendments to be made to the structure of the Section, as well as creating new rooms when the number of cases so require.
Laying the criteria on the basis of which case-allocation is decided among the Rooms and Counsellors of the Prosecution Section. In compliance with the said power, “Criteria for case-allocation between the Departments of First Instance of the Prosecution Section of the Court of Accounts" were approved on the Session of 7 October, 2013. and ”Criteria for the assignment of preliminary proceedings to the Delegate Examiners” at the session held on 9 October 2018.

The Prosecution Section comprises the President and the Audit Counsellors, aware of court proceedings as first instance bodies or attached to the Courtroom or Courtrooms.

In this Section there are three departments of first instance, each of them headed by a Counsellor and all with the same level of competence.

Nominal composition of the Prosecution Section and appointments

Presidenta de la Sección de Enjuiciamiento: Excma. Sra. Dª Rebeca Laliga Misó. (Nombramiento: B.O.E. de 18/11/2021; Senado).
Consejera titular del Departamento Primero: Excma. Sra. Dª María del Rosario García Álvarez. (Nombramiento: B.O.E. de 18/11/2021; Senado).
Consejera titular del Departamento Segundo: Excma. Sra. Dª Elena Hernáez Salguero. (Nombramiento: B.O.E. de 18/11/2021; Senado).
Consejero titular del Departamento Tercero: Excmo. Sr. D. Diego Íñiguez Hernández. (Nombramiento: B.O.E. de 18/11/2021; Congreso).

Structure of the Prosecution Section: