English Translation

5a b) Treatment of successions. Institutions which have to deal with cases of succession which have been secured or temporarily placed in custody must be concerned with the fact that they are third-party property which, for the good of the owner and the authority, must be protected from damage and loss and must therefore be treated and kept with care and care. IV. Treatment of a suicide thing. 1. General. Criminal police practice has shown that acts which appear to be insignificant suicides and attempted suicides in criminal matters at first sometimes prove to be serious offences, whether such incidents were only faked (conceived capital crimes), or that they were the result of crimes which did not appear at first (e.g. It is therefore important to examine the extent to which criminal offences are at their root, and to clarify whether there is, under applicable law, still a criminal offence. (b) compliance with the general rules on reporting (see 4 below), (c) respect for the provisions of the criminal procedure, (d) observance of the guidelines set out in I to III above, (e) handling of the provisions set out below. 2. Treatment of suicides and suicide attempts with political impact. If a suicide or suicide attempt is to be taken into account political-police aspects, the operation is handled independently by the secret state police or in cooperation with the German or protectorate criminal police, which is to agree on a case-by-case basis. 3. Notes for the treatment of suicide or suicide attempts. a) The determination of the cause of death is of fundamental importance. Therefore, unless the suspicion of a criminal act is apparently unfounded, it is determined by the official doctor of the health department of the district authority (Stutututarstadt), or by the municipal (city) and district physician. (b) Determining the reasons for suicide or attempted suicide. The correct determination of the reasons which led to a suicide or attempt at suicide is of particular importance. It is therefore often necessary (1) not to limit itself in this respect to the statements of the relatives, (2) also to accept the information of the person who has committed a suicide attempt not always as true or exhaustive (e.g. 4. General reporting obligations and tasks. These are: (a) the relevant departments; (b) the local intelligence centres; (c) the national intelligence centres. (a) General reporting obligations and tasks of the departments concerned. The services referred to above shall be notified to the local information collection centre (NS) (KA, GK-meA, KD in their local police district).