Archive/File: imt/nca/nca-06/nca-06-3435-ps Last-Modified: 1997/01/08 Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume 6 [Page 144] TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 3435-PS 1935 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 851 First ordinance for execution of the law concerning procedure for decisions in legal affairs of the Protestant Church of 3 July 1935 On the basis of Para. 4 of the law concerning procedure for decisions in legal affairs of the Protestant church of 26 June 1935 (Reichsgesetzbl. 1, page 774) it is hereby ordained: Para. 1 (1) The Office for Decisions in legal matters of the Protestant church makes decisions in a sitting of three members. The president and the associates must possess qualifications for the judgeship or for higher administrative service posts. (2) The Reich Minister of the Interior appoints the members, including the president, and their alternates. Para. 2 Following deferment of the case of court officially forwards the documents to the Office for Decisions in the Reich Ministry of the Interior. Para. 3 (1) The Office for Decisions shall give to the parties in the lawsuit as well as to the State Churches which are involved and to the German Protestant Church and opportunity to be heard. It can disregard this if it leaves the decision to the court (Par. 3 of the law). It can order oral proceedings before the Office for Decisions. (2) The Office for Decisions may on its own authority conduct further inquires, particularly the interrogation under oath of witnesses and experts, to supplement the document laid before it. (3) The provisions of the rules for civil lawsuits apply, according to their sense, in the summoning of the parties and the production of evidence. The courts as well as the administrative offices of the Reich and the States are required to provide legal and official aid to the Office for Decisions. (4) The Office for Decisions can request information and opinion from the highest state officials. Para. 4 Fees will not be collected for the activity of the Office for Decisions. Witnesses and experts are entitled to recompensation rates established by the rules applying to the lawsuit. Other than [Page 145] that payments are not authorized. Costs arise from the proceedings before the Office for Decisions do not belong to the costs of the lawsuit. Berlin, 3 July 1935. The Reich Minister of the Interior Frick
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