EXTRACTS FROM THE LAW AGAINST ECONOMIC SABOTAGE, 1 DECEMBER 1936
1936 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART 1, PAGE 999
The Reich government has enacted the following law, which is promulgated herewith:
Article 1
(1) A German citizen who deliberately and unscrupulously, for his own gain or for other low motives, contrary to legal provisions smuggles property abroad or leaves property abroad and thus inflicts serious damage to German economy is to be punished by death. His property will be confiscated. The perpetrator is also punishable, if he commits the act abroad.
(2) This crime is subject to the jurisdiction of the People’s Court.
Article 2
The law becomes effective on the day of its promulgation.
Berlin, 1 December 1936
The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor