7. Crimes under article 1, paragraph 1 of the law against economic sabotage, of 1 December 1936[135] (1936 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, page 999).
(2) In cases of acts punishable under articles 82, 83, 90b through 90e, 92 of the criminal (penal) code, the Chief Reich Prosecutor at the People’s Court can transfer the prosecution to the attorney general at the court of appeal.
(3) In the cases described in paragraph 2, the People’s Court, in agreement with the Chief Reich Prosecutor, can transfer the trial and decision to the court of appeal, as long as the trial has not been directed to take place before the People’s Court.
(4) The Chief Reich Prosecutor can withdraw the transfer and his consent to a transfer as long as the trial has not begun before the court of appeal.
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Final Regulations
Section 40
Validity in the Protectorate
This decree is also valid for the German courts in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Berlin, 21 February 1940