Chapter I: Article 1

The People’s Court is a regular Court in the sense of the law on judicial organizations.

ARTICLE 2.

The People’s Court is comprised of one president and the necessary numbers of presidents of the senate and councillors as main official members [hauptamtliche Mitglieder].

ARTICLE 3.

The president, the presidents of the senate and the councillors are appointed for life-time. They have to be qualified for the judge’s office and must have completed their 35th year of age.

ARTICLE 4.

The honorary members of the People’s Court are appointed by the Fuehrer and Reichs Chancellor for the duration of 5 years upon recommendation of the Reichsminister of Justice.

ARTICLE 5.

Senates are formed at the People’s Court, the number of which is determined by the Reichsminister of Justice.

ARTICLE 6.

If it is necessary for lawful course of affairs, permanently employed judges may be called in temporarily as assistant judges to the People’s Court in case of an accumulation of business. The delegation of an assistant judge may be called off before the end of the time, for which the assistant judge has been called in, only if the emergency, by which it was caused, does no longer exist.

ARTICLE 7.

The office of the public prosecutor at the People’s Court is filled by one or several Reich prosecutors or State prosecutors. They are nonjudicial officials, must however be qualified for the judge’s office.

ARTICLE 8.

At the People’s Court an office will be established which will be filled with the necessary number of recording officials.