The Fuehrer’s Deputy, Reich Minister without Portfolio R. HESS The Reich Minister of the Interior also for the Reich Minister of Aviation FRICK PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112 EXTRACTS FROM LAW OF 28 JUNE 1935 AMENDING THE CRIMINAL (PENAL) CODE 1935 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART 1, PAGE 839 The Reich government has enacted the following law, which is promulgated herewith: Section I Creation of law by analogous application of penal laws. Articles 2 and 2a of the penal code are amended as follows: Article 2[92] Whoever commits an act which the law declares as punishable or which deserves punishment according to the fundamental idea of a penal law or the sound sentiment of the people, shall be punished. If no specific penal law can be directly applied to the act, it shall be punished according to the law whose underlying principle can be most readily applied to the act. Article 2a * * * * * * * A law issued for a limited time only is to be applied to those criminal acts which were committed during its validity, even after its validity has expired. * * * * * * * Berlin, 28 June 1935 The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor ADOLF HITLER The Reich Minister of Justice DR. GUERTNER PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112 EXTRACTS FROM THE LAW, 28 JUNE 1935, THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND THE JUDICATURE ACT 1935 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART 1, PAGE 844 The Reich government has enacted the following law, which is promulgated herewith: Section I Freer Position of the Judge 1. Creation of law by analogous application of the penal laws. (a) As articles 170a and 267a, the following stipulations will be inserted in the Code of Criminal Procedure: Article 170a If an act deserves punishment according to the sound sentiment of the people, but is not declared punishable in the law, the prosecution will examine whether the underlying principle of a penal law can be applied to the act and whether justice can be helped to triumph by analogous application of that penal law. (Article 2 of the Penal Code). Article 267a