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An act committed by a foreigner abroad will be prosecuted by the public prosecutor only if so demanded by the Reich Minister of Justice.
The public prosecutor may abstain from the prosecution of a punishable act if for the same act punishment has already been carried out abroad and the sentence to be expected in Germany, after deducting the time served abroad, would not be heavy.
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Berlin, 6 May 1940
The Chairman of the Ministerial Council for National Defense
Field Marshal Goering
The Plenipotentiary General for the Administration of the Reich
Frick
The Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery