Chapter IV

Article 3

The appointment of a Council of Defense must be approved by the President of the People’s Court.

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Berlin, April 24, 1934

The Reich Chancellor
Adolf Hitler

The Reich Minister of Justice also for
the Reich Minister of the Interior
Dr. Guertner

The Reich Minister of Defense
von Blomberg

TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 2016-PS

1942 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 475

Order concerning the Jurisdiction of SS Courts and Police Courts in the
Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia. July 15, 1942

In pursuance of the decree of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor concerning the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia, dated March 16, 1939 (RGBl I, p. 485) and in agreement with the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, the following order is issued:

Section 1

In case of direct attack by a non-German citizen against the SS or the German Police or against any of their members, the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior may establish the jurisdiction of a combined SS Court and Police Court, by declaring that special interests of parts of the SS or of the Police require that judgment be given by an SS and Police Court.

This declaration shall be sent to the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. The SS and Police Court, which shall have jurisdiction in individual cases, shall be specified by the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior.

Section 2

If the offense directly injures the interests of the Armed Forces, the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior, and the Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces shall reach an agreement as to whether the case shall be prosecuted by an SS and Police Court or by a Military Court.