STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 179, sig. 109-2/81

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67h The Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia. Prague, 1 April 1949. No. Z h An a the Divisions I and II, .d.d. p all groups (except Moravia). n61s Subject: Implementing provisions of the V.O. concerning the exercise of criminal jurisdiction in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Mähren of 14.4.1939 (R.G.Bl. I. p. 754). "In the Ordinance on the Exercise of Criminal Jurisdiction in the .. Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia of 14.4.1939 (RcBlI S. § 17 (1) If an offence has been committed in a building, a room or an installation which serves the purposes of the German Wehrmacht or a service of the Reich, the NSDAP or one of its divisions or the purpose of the NSFK, which is to be punished according to § l4 according to the criminal law of the Protectorate, the German law enforcement authorities are responsible for investigating and deciding, provided that they do not assign the matter to the law enforcement agencies of the protectorate. (2) The Rcichsprotector shall determine to which buildings, rooms and installations paragraph 1 shall apply. § 22 (1) In a building, a room or a plant serving the purposes of the German Wehrmacht or a division of the Reich, the NSDAP or one of its divisions or the purposes for which the NSFK has been established, the security authorities of the Protectorate may only prejudge acts of office with the prior consent of the german departments. (2) The Reichsprotektor determines the competent department for this purpose. It is intended that the implementing provisions required for these regulations be amended immediately. I would like to request a prompt notification to the Judiciary Group, which buildings, rooms and installations for a regulation within the meaning of § l7 para. 1 aaO. However, I would ask you not to propose a single counting of buildings, premises and installations used to make a proposal for a new version of the regulation to be adopted.