It is not an intentional promotion of aspirations as designated in No. 2, if the victim stood under the control or direction of the state.
3. An indemnification can also be granted in the cases of (2) No. 2, i.e. if the victim is needy in the sense of Article 13(2) or if the predominant viewpoints of the public interest speak for the granting of indemnification.
Article 7
1. Indemnification will only be granted if the victim makes a petition before 31 March 1938.
2. The petition has to be. sent in writing to the competent authority (Article 9), with reference to the cause of the offense.
Article 8
1. The determination of the indemnification takes place in a determination procedure and before determining authorities.
2. The Reich Minister of the Interior can decree that no determining procedures shall take place for certain properties or in certain districts. If such a regulation is issued by the Reich Minister of the Interior, the regulations of this section with the exception of Articles 1, 4 and 5 are not to be applied for the property of the district.
Article 9
1. The determining authority in Prussia and Bavaria is the president of the government (in Berlin the police president), in Saxony the Kreishauptmann, and in the other states the highest authority of the state.