Article 1
Admissibility
1. For the protection against potential enemies of the people and the State, the Secret State Police [Gestapo] is hereby authorized to impose protective custody as a compulsory measure on all persons who through their behavior endanger the welfare and the security of the people and the State.
2. Protective custody shall not be decreed for punitive purposes or to take the place of legal imprisonment. Punishable acts are to be judged by the courts.
Article 2
Competence
1. Competence to order a person into protective custody rests exclusively with the office of the Secret State Police.
2. Motions for an order of protective custody are to be addressed through the local and regional State Police agencies to the office of the Secret State Police. With every motion detailed reasons are to be given which must include defensive statements [Einlassungen] made by the arrested person. As soon as the person under provisional arrest has been interrogated, a copy of this interrogation will be forwarded immediately.
3. An order for protective custody can only be issued after the accused has been heard on the charges raised against him.
Article 3