Articles 3 through 5, 8 and 37 of the Reich Penal Code will be replaced by the following regulations:
Article 3
German criminal law will be applied to the crime of a German national, no matter whether it is committed in Germany or abroad.
For a crime committed abroad, which according to the laws of the place of commitment is not punishable, German criminal law will not be applied, if such an act according to the sound sentiment of the German people—on account of the particular conditions prevailing at the place of commitment—is not considered to be deserving punishment.
An act shall be deemed to have been committed in any place where the perpetrator has acted, or, in case the act consists in an omission, where he ought to have acted, or where the results of the act came about or were intended to come about.
Article 4
German criminal law will be applied also in case of acts committed by a foreigner in Germany.
German criminal law will be applied to a crime committed by a foreigner abroad, if it is punishable according to the penal code of the territory where it is committed, or if such territory is not subject to any punitive authority [Strafgewalt] and if—
1. The perpetrator obtained German nationality after the act, or
2. The act is directed against the German people or a German national, or