(3) The registrars of the office will be replaced by SS Beurkundungsfuehrer [SS officers having registrar’s functions].
(4) Further regulations as to the legal status of SS judicial officers and SS Beurkundungsbeamte [SS officials having registrar’s functions] remain reserved.
Article 6
The regulations of the military penal code concerning special honor penalties [Ehrenstrafen] against soldiers are not to be applied. They are superseded by regulations concerning the penalties of dishonorable discharge and dismissal from the SS.
Article 7
The Reich Minister for the Interior and the Reich Leader SS, in agreement with the Reich Ministers of Justice and of Finance, are authorized to decree in their own field of activities the regulations necessary for articles 4 and 5 as well as the regulations for the carrying out of this ordinance.
Article 8
This ordinance becomes effective on the day of its proclamation.
Berlin, 17 October 1939
The Chairman of the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich