Chapter LI: Section 15

(1) Anyone who has failed to comply with the surrender obligation as stipulated in the decree of the Commander in Chief of the Army of 12 September 1939 (Ordinance Gazette for the Occupied Territories in Poland, p. 8) or is otherwise caught in unauthorized possession of a firearm, a hand grenade, or explosives will be punished with the death penalty; the same applies for the unauthorized possession of ammunition or other implement of war if by their nature or quantity public security is endangered.

(2) A sentence of hard labor or imprisonment will be passed if the perpetrator subsequently makes the delivery voluntarily, before the case has been brought before the court or an inquiry against him has been instituted. In this case punishment may even be waived.

(3) The person who has authentic cognizance of illegal possession of weapons, ammunition, explosives, or implements of war and fails to inform the official authorities accordingly without delay will receive capital punishment, in less severe cases hard labor for life or for a certain period or a term of imprisonment.