Whoever undertakes to give away a state secret will be punished by death.
If the perpetrator is a foreigner he may be sentenced to hard labor for life.
If the act could not have constituted a danger for the welfare of the Reich, the verdict may be hard labor for life or for not less than 5 years.
Article 90
Whoever undertakes to procure a state secret in order to give it away will be punished by death or hard labor for life.
If the crime could not have brought about a danger for the welfare of the Reich the verdict may be a term of hard labor.
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Article 91
Whoever establishes contact with a foreign government or a person acting for a foreign government with the intention of causing a war or forcible measures against the Reich or other serious disadvantages to the Reich, will be punished by death.
Whoever establishes contact of the kind described in paragraph 1 with the intention of causing serious disadvantages for a national of the Reich, will be punished with hard labor for life or for not less than 5 years.