(1) Anyone who has failed to comply with the surrender obligation as
stipulated in the decree of the Commander in Chief of the Army of 12
September 1939 (Ordinance Gazette for the Occupied Territories in
Poland, p. 8) or is otherwise caught in unauthorized possession of a
firearm, a hand grenade, or explosives will be punished with the death
penalty; the same applies for the unauthorized possession of ammunition
or other implement of war if by their nature or quantity public
security is endangered.
(2) A sentence of hard labor or imprisonment will be passed if the
perpetrator subsequently makes the delivery voluntarily, before the
case has been brought before the court or an inquiry against him has
been instituted. In this case punishment may even be waived.
(3) The person who has authentic cognizance of illegal possession of
weapons, ammunition, explosives, or implements of war and fails to
inform the official authorities accordingly without delay will receive
capital punishment, in less severe cases hard labor for life or for a
certain period or a term of imprisonment.