The Governing Chamber of the National Criminal Court is an internal governing organ with governing competence. Among other responsibilities it deals with the approval of the distribution rules of the judicial organs, writing reports requested by the General Council of the Judiciary, writing the annual report of the institution’s activities, and the proposal of substitute magistrates, as well as being endowed with certain disciplinary faculties.

The Governing Chamber of the National Criminal Court consists of eight members, four with ex officio character: the Chairman of the National Criminal Court, and each one of the Presidents of the three Chambers corresponding to the jurisdictional orders constituting the Court, and three more members elected democratically by the Magistrates belonging to the National Criminal Court.  The Governing Secretary is also a voting member of the Governing Chamber for matters relating to Legal Clerks or the Governing Secretariat, and is limited to documentary functions in matters other than the aforementioned.