The determinations of §§ 2 to 10 of the present Law apply from the time it comes into operation, also to deposits paid in before that time to the Orders' (Cheque and Clearing) Service of the Post Office Savings Bank.
§ 12.
With the execution of this Law which comes into operation from the date of its publication, together with the partially altered Law of May 28th 1882 (R. G. Bl. No 56) My Minister of Commerce and My Minister of Finance are charged.
III
Ordinance of the Ministry of Commerce
in agreement with the Ministry of the Interior and with the Finance Ministry, November 22nd 1887, by which on the basis of the Law of November 19th 1887 (R. G. Bl. No 133) Regulations with reference to the Orders' (Cheque and Clearing) Service in the Post Office Savings Bank are issued.
In carrying out the Law of November 19th 1887 (R. G. Bl. No 133) by which alterations were made in the Law of May 28th 1882 (R. G. Bl. No 56), and determinations with regard to the Orders' (Cheque and Clearing) Service in the Post Office Savings Bank, the Ministry of Commerce in agreement with the Ministry of the Interior and the Finance Ministry ordains as follows:
A.—Savings Service.
§ 1.
The highest point of the rate of interest, according to the determination of the Special Council of the Post Office Savings Bank, is to be fixed at three per cent per annum.