(1) If more than one administrative authority has jurisdiction in accordance with sections 36 to 38, preference is given to the administrative authority which first examined the person concerned on account of the offence, or which first caused the police to examine him or her, or which first received the files from the police after examination of the person concerned. This administrative authority may, in the cases under section 38, sever the proceedings again in respect of the connected offence.
(2) In the cases under subsection (1) sentence 1, however, prosecution and sanctioning may be transferred to one of the other competent administrative authorities by virtue of an agreement between these administrative authorities, if this appears to be expedient in order to accelerate or simplify the proceedings, or for other reasons. If more than one administrative authority has substantive jurisdiction, the administrative authority which is to be given preference in accordance with subsection (1) sentence 1 hears the other administrative authorities that have substantive jurisdiction, at the latest prior to conclusion of the investigations.
(3) In the absence of agreement in accordance with subsection (2) sentence 1, a decision is rendered, at the request of one of the administrative authorities involved, by
1. the common directly superior administrative authority,
2. the common court having jurisdiction in accordance with section 68, in the absence of a common superior administrative authority, and
3. the common superior court for the different courts that would have jurisdiction in accordance with section 68.
(4) The transfer may be revoked in the same way in cases falling under subsections (2) and (3).