ARTICLE 176
All public officers and members of the armed forces shall be sworn upon this Constitution. Details will be regulated by order of the National President.
ARTICLE 177
Wherever by existing laws it is provided that the oath be taken in the form of a religious ceremony, the oath may be lawfully taken in the form of a simple affirmation by the person to be sworn: "I swear." Otherwise the content of the oath provided for in the laws remains unaltered.
ARTICLE 178
The Constitution of the German Empire of April 16, 1871, and the law of February 10, 1919, relating to the provisional government of the Commonwealth, are repealed.
The other laws and regulations of the Empire remain in force, in so far as they do not conflict with this Constitution. The provisions of the Treaty of Peace signed on June 28, 1919, at Versailles, are not affected by the Constitution.
Official regulations, legally issued on the authority of laws heretofore in effect, retain their validity until superseded by other regulations or legislation.