Whoever conspires with another person in a treasonable act (articles 80, 81) is subject to punishment by death, hard labor for life or hard labor of not less than 5 years.
Whoever contacts a foreign power for the purpose of the preparation of a treasonable act or misuses his official authority or recruits men or trains them in the use of arms will be liable to the same penalty. If the perpetrator contacts a foreign government in a written declaration, the crime is considered accomplished once this declaration has been sent off.
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Article 83
Whoever publicly solicits, and incites to, an undertaking of high treason shall be punished by hard labor up to 10 years.
Whoever prepares an undertaking in any other way shall be liable to the same penalty.
The death penalty or hard labor for life or hard labor for not less than 2 years will be inflicted—
1. If the act aimed at establishing or maintaining an organized structure for the preparation of high treason; or
2. If the act was directed toward making the armed forces or police unfit for the execution of their duty to protect the stability of the German Reich from internal or external attack; or
3. If the act was directed toward influencing the masses by composing or distributing writings, recordings and pictures, or by the installation of radio, telegraph, or telephone; or